White-rumped woodpecker

White-rumped woodpecker
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Meiglyptes
Species: M. tristis
Binomial name
Meiglyptes tristis
(Horsfield, 1821)

The white-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It used to be considered conspecific with the buff-rumped woodpecker but that is now assigned to (Meiglyptes grammithorax). The white-rumped woodpecker is endemic to Java in Indonesia where it occupies the western half of the island.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2014). "Meiglyptes tristis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. "Meiglyptes tristis". International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2015-02-23.