Showing posts with label Piculet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Piculet. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Woodpeckers and its Allies in Sepilok, Sabah.

Sepilok is very rich in woodpeckers, you can easilly spot a woodpecker in the Sepilok RDC. The total of nine species of woodpeckers I spotted were the Rufous Woodpecker, White-bellied Woodpecker, Banded Woodpecker, Orange-backed Woodpecker, Great Slaty Woodpecker, Rufous Piculet, Buff-necked Woodpecker, Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker, and Grey and Buff Woodpecker. Brown Barbet was the only woodpecker's allies that I spotted. Following are the woodpecker pictures that I digiscoped in Sepilok RDC:

White-bellied Woodpecker, one of the large size woodpeckers, it is very common in Sepilok RDC.

The male White-bellied Woodpecker:

White-bellied Woodpecker, female:

Rufous Piculet, one of the smallest woodpeckers, also very common there :

The male (right) and female (left) Buff-necked Woodpecker, also very common in Sepilok RDC:

Banded Woodpecker, not so common:

I spotted both male and female Orange-backed Woodpecker, but only managed to digiscoped the female:

Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker, not so common:


The only woodpecker's allies that I spotted in Sepilok, the Brown Barbet:


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