22 July 2008

Rufous Woodpecker (Celeus brachyurus)

My LIFER today. Got it at 7: 50 am, perched at 'petai tree' (Parkia speciosa) at my backyard.

Rufous Woodpecker (Celeus brachyurus)
Local name: Belatok Biji Nangka
Size : 25 cm

This is my 3rd Woodpecker after the:-
(1) Common Flameback - (Dinopium javanense), and
(2) Banded Woodpecker (Picus miniaceus)

There are 25 species of Woodpeckers according to PERHILITAN (Department of Wild Life, Malaysi
a).

3 comments:

Jordan Sitorus said...

Great birding blog you have here, thanks for dropping by at mine. Thanks again!
cheers

Amila Salgado said...

Congratulations!
I had my first Rufous Woodpecker at my own yard about 17 years ago when I was just ready to go to school. It was a very surprising find. It was found for about 6 days and vanished never to return again. It was very vocal during its stay which betrayed its presence.

Redzlan said...

Jordan and Amila, thanks for your comments.