White-rumped woodpecker

White-rumped woodpecker
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 was previously 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.


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