Family Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Endangered
White-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis)
Taxonomy
French: Pic strihup German: Javawellenspecht Spanish: Pito triste
Other common names:
Buff-rumped Woodpecker (when lumped with M. grammithorax)
Taxonomy:
Picus tristis
Horsfield
, 1821,Java
.Distribution:
Java.
Descriptive notes
17–18 cm; 31–50 g. Distinctive small, short-tailed woodpecker. Male has short red malar patch; rest of head, crest and neck to upper breast greyish-brown with... read more
Voice
Calls include single or double “pit” or “chit”, also a wavering soft rattle... read more
Habitat
Primary and secondary forests, including rather open coastal habitats as well as inland forest. May... read more
Food and feeding
Little information. Diet includes small invertebrates such as ants, also some fruit. Often in pairs, and may join mixed-species flocks.... read more
Breeding
Little information available. Presumably excavates nest-hole at moderate height in tree or dead stump. Clutch probably 2 or 3 eggs.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
ENDANGERED. Seems to be very rare within its relatively small range. Although no published estimates of total population, this likely to number fewer than 2500 mature... read more
Hitherto treated as conspecific with M. grammithorax, but differs in its all-black vs black-and-buff-barred breast to abdomen (3); stony-white vs rusty-buff barring and spotting on all areas of plumage, with white vs buff rump (2); dense black-and-white barring continuing around eyes rather than giving way to plain buffy lores and eyering (2); and in male slightly brighter red moustachial stripe (ns[1]). Monotypic.