Malaysian woodpecker [1] ( lat. Yungipicus moluccensis ) is a species of birds from the woodpecker family [2] .
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Description
A small woodpecker 11.5-12.5 cm long. Males have a red-orange crown, which is absent in females [3] .
Distributed in Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia and Singapore [4] . They live in subtropical and tropical (plains and mountains), as well as mangrove forests. Yungipicus moluccensis often visits forests and parks in the urban area of Singapore.
IUCN has assigned a taxonomy status of “ Least Concern ” (LC) [4] .
Synonyms
The following binomens are included in the synonymy of the species:
- Dendrocopos moluccensis (JF Gmelin, 1788)
- Picoides moluccensis (JF Gmelin, 1788)
- Picus moluccensis JF Gmelin, 1788
Notes
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 196. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- ↑ Woodpeckers : [ eng. ] / F. Gill & D. Donsker (Eds). // IOC World Bird List (v 9.1). - 2019 .-- DOI : 10.14344 / IOC.ML.9.1 . (Retrieved April 22, 2019) .
- ↑ http://singaporebirds.net/npassers_01/sunda_pygmy_woodpecker.html
- ↑ 1 2 Picoides moluccensis (English) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . (Retrieved April 22, 2019) .