Southern Sooty-Woodpecker Mulleripicus fuliginosus Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
Text last updated January 27, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | picot fuliginós meridional |
Czech | datel mindanajský |
Dutch | Grijze Treurspecht |
English | Southern Sooty-Woodpecker |
English (United States) | Southern Sooty-Woodpecker |
French | Pic fuligineux |
French (France) | Pic fuligineux |
German | Leytespecht |
Japanese | ミナミクロボウシゲラ |
Norwegian | blodkinnspett |
Polish | mohun krótkodzioby |
Serbian | Južni čađavi detlić |
Slovak | klopár mindanajský |
Spanish | Picatroncos Filipino Sureño |
Spanish (Spain) | Picatroncos filipino sureño |
Swedish | sotspett (fuliginosus) |
Turkish | Güney Filipin Ağaçkakanı |
Ukrainian | Торомба короткодзьоба |
Mulleripicus fuliginosus Tweeddale, 1877
Definitions
- MULLERIPICUS
- fuliginosa / fuliginosum / fuliginosus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Field Identification
29–30cm. Male has head and neck smoky grey or slate-grey, finely speckled with white on chin, throat, neck and hindcrown (speckles often difficult to see), broad red submoustachial/malar band (very occasionally traces of red elsewhere on head); entire upperparts, including wings and tail, rather dark grey, underparts slightly paler grey; rather long and deep bill almost pointed, culmen curved, narrow across nostrils, grey to yellowish, darkest on culmen and at base; iris pale yellow; legs brownish-grey. Female lacks red malar, has head entirely grey. Juvenile resembles respective adult, but plumage generally somewhat browner, pale spotting more apparent.
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
Samar, Leyte and Mindanao (EC & SE Philippines).
Habitat
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Emits thin, soft whistled notes, singly, doubled or in loose series, the effect surprisingly weak compared with shrill whistle of M. funebris. Drumroll solid, rather powerful, usually accelerating, lasting c. 2 seconds.
Breeding
Conservation Status
VULNERABLE. Very poorly known species. Seems to be scarce or rare throughout its range; possibly overlooked, as it is inconspicuous in its forest habitat. Global population not yet quantified, but believed to be in rapid decline as primary forest continues to be cleared. This species, which seems unable to tolerate habitat modification and disturbance, appears to have become very rare or to have disappeared from former PICOP timber concession on Mindanao; well-protected forests of Pasonanca, on Zamboanga Peninsula (W Mindanao), may provide strongholds for it. In recent decades deforestation in Philippines has been very rapid, and the islands are said to have lost c. 40% of their forest cover in the years between 1970 and 1990 (2). Data from ESSC (Environmental Science for Social Change) suggest that extent of closed-canopy forest in Philippines decreased by c. 44% between 1987 and 2002 (3). Lowland forests on Mindanao are regarded as highly threatened: at Mt Malindang National Park (W Mindanao), old-growth forest declined by 27% between 1992 and 2001. Forest loss in Philippines is caused mainly by timber extraction and agricultural expansion (4, 5), while mining activities and development lead to further pressures on habitats. There is an urgent need for surveys to assess this woodpecker’s total population size and to locate any strongholds which it may have; much fieldwork is needed also to determine its ecology, biology and breeding requirements. It is important that the amount of effectively protected primary forest in its range be increased, at the same time as long-term habitat restoration with native tree species is undertaken.