Rufous Woodpecker

The Rufous Woodpecker, Micropternus brachyurus is a brown woodpecker found in South Asia. Its genus, Micropternus, is monotypic.

The Rufous Woodpecker is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Rufous Woodpecker here - along with a dukhenensis White Wagtail, another Red-throated Flycatcher, and Rufous Treepie. In the past the hollows and dips here have produced local rarities such as Dark-throated Thrush, Orange-breasted Green Pigeon, and Radde’s Warbler. More

The Rufous Woodpecker, Micropternus brachyurus is a brown woodpecker found in South Asia. Its genus, Micropternus, is monotypic. It builds its nests within the nests of acrobat ants (Crematogaster). This bird is not considered threatened by the IUCN. Description and systematics - It is a medium-sized, rufous-coloured woodpecker with a short crest and a short, weak and slightly curved black bill. It has black vermiculations on its rufous body and a dark eye stripe. More

rufous woodpecker at sepilok clive and elanor blue sky at manukan island total birds recorded during the trip was 243 species with 31 endemic despite heavy rain occurred mostly in the afternoon after lunch :) * oriental darter * purple heron * cattle egret * chinese egret * great egret More

the Rufous Woodpecker, has turned out to be in error, and some taxa with unclear relationships could be placed into the phylogeny (Benz et al., 2006; Moore et al., 2006). Ivory-billed Woodpecker The Ivory-billed Woodpecker is the largest woodpecker species in the United States. The largest of all woodpeckers is the closely related Imperial Woodpecker (C. imperialis) of western Mexico, another rare species which is very likely to be extinct. More

Rufous Woodpeckers (Celeus brachyurus): The Rufous Woodpecker is a brown woodpecker found in South Asia. It is medium sized with black vermiculations (= a pattern of fine, wavy, worm-like lines or streaks of color) on its rufous body and a dark eye stripe. The species has a weak and slightly curved bill. It builds its nests within the nests of ants of the species Crematogaster. ... Related Web Resources: http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde Rufous-bellied Woodpeckers (Dendrocopos hyperythrus): http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... More

The Rufous Woodpecker is one of the twelve woodpecker species found in the Western Ghats of India; it is widespread throughout Asia. Rufous Woodpeckers have a particularly interesting life history, as they are ant specialists. They not only feed largely on ants, but they excavate their nests in large paper-wasp-like nests of the stinging tree ants in the genus Crematogaster. More

given, but one of the most interesting is the Rufous woodpecker of India and Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) and the black tree ant. The main diet of the Rufous woodpecker is black tree ants. One of the main items in the diet of the black tree ants is bird eggs. In the spring of the year when the woodpeckers get ready to lay their eggs, they will find a nest of the black tree ant and put their nest in the ant's nest. More

The Malayan Rufous Woodpecker is distinctive in that its feet and beak are slaty in color, the bird is of a dull rufous color, bared on the back and the wings, tail and abdomen are black. All of these things make the rufous easily identifiable and quite unlike the other Malayan Woodpeckers. Its total length is about eight inches and the wing span is about nine inches. It is a bird that will appear frequently in gardens. More

The Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus is a brown woodpecker found in South Asia. It is medium sized with black vermiculations on its rufous body and a dark eye stripe. The species has a weak and slightly curved bill. It builds its nests within the nests of ants of the species Crematogaster. More