Dommel woodpecker
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| Meiglyptes jugularis | ||||||||||
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The Dommelspecht ( meiglyptes jugular ) is a species of bird from the family of woodpeckers (Picidae). This little woodpecker is found across much of continental Southeast Asia. The species mainly inhabits more open areas of the tropical rainforest such as forest edges and clearings as well as bamboo stands . Little is known about the way of life of the dommel woodpecker. The animals look for their food consisting of ants and other insects like the other representatives of the genus Meiglyptes on twigs and the outer ends of branches. The population is apparently stable, the Dommelspecht is therefore classified by the IUCN as 
(= least concern - not endangered).
description
Dommel woodpeckers are small woodpeckers with a relatively small head, a pronounced hood and a short tail. The very long beak is strongly bent downwards at the ridge, pointed at points and quite narrow at the base. The body length is about 22 cm, the weight 50-57 g. The species is thus about the size of a medium- sized woodpecker , but significantly lighter. In terms of coloration, it shows a slight gender dimorphism .
These woodpeckers are drawn in contrasting black and white. In the male, the rump is white or dirty white, the rest of the upper side of the trunk including the upper tail-coverts and the inner shoulder feathers as well as the control feathers are black. On the upper back there are occasionally some light colored bandages. The outer shoulder feathers are predominantly white to light beige-cream in color. The upper wings are predominantly black; the upper wing-coverts show cream-colored tips and the wings have narrow white to beige bands that become wider on the inner vents. The umbrella feathers are white to light beige-cream-colored and have strong and wide dark bands on the outer part to a variable extent.
The sides of the chest are beige-white, the throat, the entire remaining underside of the trunk and the underside of the tail are black or brown-black. The throat is banded beige for this reason, occasionally the lower flanks and rarely the belly show two or three whitish bands. The underside of the wings is dark gray with whitish bands and black tips, the under wing-coverts are creamy white.
The forehead, anterior and middle skull and ear covers are narrowly banded in light beige on a black background, the back of the skull and cap are monochrome black. The cheeks are mostly monochrome beige, occasionally banded slightly black. The beard stripe is short and often appears banded in black and red due to the black feathers with dark red tips. The neck and sides of the neck are creamy white; this white color changes into beige white on the sides of the chest. The beak is black, the base and mandible are often a little lighter. Legs and toes are gray-green or gray-blue. The iris is brown.
The only thing missing in the female is the red stripe of the beard, like the rest of the front head, this area is banded in black and beige. The intraspecies variability is very low and no subspecies are recognized.
Vocalizations
Just like the rest of the way of life, little is known about the vocalizations of the Dommelspechts. Nasal calls like "ki-juuw" and a series of calls like "... tititit-wiik wiik wiiik" are described . It has apparently not yet been clarified whether the species is drumming.
distribution and habitat
The dommel woodpecker is widespread over large parts of continental Southeast Asia. The distribution area extends in a west-east direction from the west of Myanmar to the east coast of Indochina , in a north-south direction from Myanmar to the westernmost central Thailand and in the east to the southern tip of Vietnam . The size of the total distribution area is not exactly known.
The species mainly inhabits more open areas of the tropical rainforest such as forest edges and clearings as well as bamboo stands . It is largely limited to the lowlands and occurs up to 900 m, rarely up to 1000 m.
Way of life
Eurasian woodpeckers are found singly or in pairs, socialization with other bird species has not yet been observed. The animals look for their food consisting of ants and other insects on twigs and the outer ends of branches in the lower and middle tree layers. They often hang on twigs in the supine position like a tit . The breeding season extends from March to June, further information on the breeding biology is not yet available.
Existence and endangerment
There is no information on the population size, the species is considered to be rare to locally quite common in its large distribution area. The population is apparently stable, the Dommelspecht is therefore classified by the IUCN as safe ("least concern").
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Individual evidence
- ↑ BirdLife International (2010) Species factsheet: Meiglyptes jugularis . ( Online , accessed September 29, 2010)
literature
- Hans Winkler , David Christie and David Nurney: Woodpeckers. A Guide to the Woodpeckers, Piculets, and Wrynecks of the World. Pica Press, Robertsbridge 1995, ISBN 0-395-72043-5 , pp. 160-161 and 387.
Web links
- Meiglyptes vein in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2010. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved on 29 September, 2010.
Other web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Meiglyptes jugularis in the Internet Bird Collection