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Picus miniaceus
The Banded woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker with a distinctive yellow-nape, and presently the only yellow-naped woodpecker in Singapore. Both sexes have a red crown, and the male (as seen here) also has red on the neck sides.
Primary forest (Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, one of the largest patches of primary rainforest left in Singapore)
This bird is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Also recently often sighted in Singapore is the Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus); this species is predominantly olive-green and can be distinguished by its blue eye-ring. Ref.: A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Singapore, Li et al., John Beaufoy Publishing, 2013
Spotted on Apr 4, 2014
Submitted on Jul 11, 2014
41 Comments (1–25)
A real beauty
Thank you James and Leuba! It's nice to be reminded of this guy in the middle of the northern hemisphere winter.
I missed this one - what a beauty ! SOTD of course. Congratulations !!
Love this bird....wow how blessed you are to see such things!
Thanks ashutosh!
Lovely spotting!
Thank you sintija!
Very lovely photos! :))
Thank you Rieko!
Very nice.
Thanks Adi!
Aww.she s so cute :)
Thanks Malcolm!
Congratulations on SOTD Daniele.
Thank you Larry!
Great spotting and information Daniele!
Thanks for all the last kind comments!
Congrats on sotd! Great photos you have here.
Congratulations on SOTD Daniele awesome capture
Lovely spotting. Congratulations Daniele.
Beautiful bird
Congrats, Daniele. This is wonderful. Such a beauty.
Beautiful bird, congrats!
Beautiful! Congrats Daniele!
Awesome capture Danièle,just beautiful,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing