Red-red woodpecker

Red-red woodpecker
	Red red woodpecker (male)
Systematics
Class :	Birds (aves)
Order :	Woodpecker birds (Piciformes)
Family :	Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Subfamily :	Real woodpeckers (Picinae)
Genre :	Chrysophlegm
Type :	Red-red woodpecker
Scientific name
	Chrysophlegma miniaceum
	( Pennant , 1769)

The banded woodpecker ( Chrysophlegma miniaceum , Syn. : Picus miniaceus ) is a species of bird from the family of woodpeckers (Picidae). The little woodpecker colonizes parts of Southeast Asia and lives primarily in the dense, evergreen tropical rainforest , but also in secondary forests , forest edges, more open forests, mangroves and rubber tree plantations and gardens. The food sought in all strata of the forest and also on lying dead wood consists, as far as known, of ants and their larvae and pupae .

The species is rare to fairly common and the population is considered stable. The Red Red Woodpecker is therefore classified by the IUCN as safe (“least concern”).

description

Redwood woodpeckers are small woodpeckers with a distinct feather hood, a stiff, long tail and a rather short, slightly chisel-shaped, pointed beak that is very broad at the base. The ridge of the beak is bent downwards. The body length is about 23–26 cm, the weight 79–102 g, they are slightly larger and heavier than a great spotted woodpecker . The species shows a very low sexual dimorphism in terms of coloration . Females are also slightly smaller than males but have proportionally longer tails.

In males of the subspecies P. m. Common in the south of Myanmar and in the Thai part of the Malay Peninsula . perlutum , the back is banded beige whitish on a matt greenish olive background. The rump is yellow. The upper tail covers are olive brown and also often banded with matt beige. The upper wing-coverts and mostly also a part of the shoulder feathers are matt red and regularly show an olive-colored touch. The wings and umbrella feathers are predominantly brown, the outer flags of the umbrella feathers, the arm wings and the bases of the outer flags of the hand wings are dull red with an olive tone. The outside flags and the bases of the inside flags of the hand wings, like the inside flags of the arm wings, have beige banding. The top of the tail is blackish. The upper breast is reddish brown and occasionally weakly banded, the rest of the underside of the torso including the under tail-coverts is banded narrowly dark brown on a whitish beige to light reddish background; this banding is strongest on the flanks. The lower wings are banded beige on a brown background. The under tail is brownish to beige-brown.

Flying red lead woodpecker

Red lead woodpeckers have only a little contrasting head markings. The forehead is reddish brown, the top and back of the head are dull red; the hood's thin, elongated feathers have broad yellow tips. The rest of the head and the neck are dark brown with reddish feather tips, the chin and throat are brown and mostly show reddish brown feather tips. In the worn plumage, the red parts of the plumage are more brown and the underside banding is less noticeable.

The bill is blackish gray, the lower bill is lighter. Legs and toes are greenish gray to dull greenish. The iris is dark reddish maroon to red.

In the female, the face and throat are spotted brown and light beige, the red feathers are largely missing.

Vocalizations

Frequent calls are screeching, jay-like "kwee" sounds that are uttered individually or in series up to seven times with the same pitch, such as "tschewerk-tschewerk-tschewerk" . Furthermore, a sloping, sad-sounding “peew” is known, which is repeated at intervals or when meeting conspecifics alternating with “kwi-wi-ta-wi-kwi” calls. Apparently the species does not drum.

distribution

This species of woodpecker inhabits parts of Southeast Asia. The distribution area extends in a west-east direction from the south of Myanmar , the island of Nias and the north-west of Sumatra to the east coast of Borneo , to the south the area extends over large parts of the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra to Java . The size of the total distribution area is not exactly known.

Systematics

Winkler et al. recognize four poorly differentiated subspecies:

Chrysophlegma miniaceum perlutum ( Kloss , 1918) - southern Myanmar and the Thai part of the Malay Peninsula . This subspecies is described above.
Chrysophlegma miniaceum malaccense ( Latham , 1790) - Malaysia , Sumatra, and Borneo. Very similar to the previous subspecies, but the dark underside bands are wider.
Chrysophlegma miniaceum niasense Buttikofer , 1896 - Nias Island . Slightly smaller than the previous subspecies and overall more brightly colored, upper head more red and also upper back with a red tone, red coloring extended to the upper chest and back with more yellow.

Chrysophlegma miniaceum miniaceum ( Pennant , 1769) - Java. The beak of the nominate form is on average longer than that of all other subspecies. Chest more clearly banded and often brightly spotted, upper back with red feathers.

habitat

Red woodpeckers primarily inhabit the dense, evergreen tropical rainforest , but also secondary forests , forest edges, more open forests, mangroves, as well as rubber tree plantations and gardens. The species occurs from the flat to the mountains, on the Malay Peninsula predominantly below 900 m, rarely up to 1200 m, on Borneo up to 1400 and possibly up to 1700 m, on Java up to 1500 m.

Way of life

Red lead woodpeckers are not very conspicuous and are usually found singly or in pairs. They move slowly and purposefully and often stay longer in one place to search the surroundings. The search for food takes place in all strata of the forest, the animals search between tendrils and in dense branches, on strong trunks especially dead trees and on lying dead wood as well as in the treetops on dead and living branches and on the bases of epiphytes . As far as is known, the food consists of ants and their larvae and pupae . It is obtained by trial chopping and light blows, probing and reading.

Broods have been observed in Malaysia and the Greater Sunda Islands between January and August. Both sexes build caves in dead trees or dead parts of living trees, the clutches include two to three eggs. Further information on the breeding biology is not yet available.

Existence and endangerment

Information on the size of the world population is not available. The species is rarely to quite common in its area, the population is considered stable. The Red Red Woodpecker is therefore classified by the IUCN as safe (“least concern”).

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Individual evidence

↑ Der Mennigspecht at BirdLife International (Online, accessed January 29, 2011)
↑ Hans Winkler, David A. Christie and David Nurney: Woodpeckers. A Guide to the Woodpeckers, Piculets, and Wrynecks of the World. Pica Press, Robertsbridge 1995: pp. 355-356

literature

Hans Winkler , David A. 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. 142-143 and 355-356.

Web links

Chrysophlegma miniaceum in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2010. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2009. Accessed January 26, 2011th