Rufous-bellied woodpecker
| Rufous-bellied woodpecker | |
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| Near Maheshkhan in Nainital district of Uttarakhand, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Dendrocopos |
| Species: | D. hyperythrus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendrocopos hyperythrus (Vigors, 1831) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hypopicus hyperythrus | |
The rufous-bellied woodpecker or rufous-bellied sapsucker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. This woodpecker has a habit of making a series of small pits on the bark of trees leading to its being considered an Asiatic member of the sapsuckers in the past. It is found along the Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, North Korea, South Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It has a tongue that has a brushy tip that allows it to feed on sap. Sap is predominantly sought in the spring season while wood-boring and bark insects are taken at most othertimes.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Dendrocopos hyperythrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Zusi, R.L.; Marshall, J.T. (1970). "A comparison of Asiatic and North American sapscukers" (PDF). Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society. 23: 393–407.
- ↑ Abdulali, H. (1968). "Sap sucking by Indian woodpeckers". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 65: 219–221.
- ↑ Ripley, S.D. (1989). "Comments on sap-sucking by woodpeckers in India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 88: 112–113.
- ↑ Osmaston, B.B. (1916). "Curious habits of wood-peckers in the Kumaon hills". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 24: 363–366.