White-bellied Woodpecker

Dryocopus javensis (Horsfield, 1821)

White-bellied Woodpecker, Dryocopus javensis, is a woodpecker of the Oriental Region, widespread across tropical evergreen forests in the Indian subcontinent and south-east Asia. It is one of the largest Asian woodpeckers, and its breeding sites are usually in large dead trees, often near rivers. The species shows variation in how much white appears in its plumage, and its island races include forms that are endangered or no longer found. Its drumming and calls are stronger than those of smaller woodpeckers, and it is also known to use holes for roosting.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Breeding range

Oriental Region: widespread