LACED WOODPECKER

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

 

 (925*)                      LACED WOODPECKER                      Picus vittatus

VIETNAM                  11

The laced woodpecker (Picus vittatus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found throughout Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Male

Female

LACED WOODPECKER

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*   925)               LACED WOODPECKER               Picus vittatus

MALAYSIA                14

Found in broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forests, secondary growth, coastal scrub, mangroves, gardens, plantations, bamboo up to 1,525 m (lowlands only Peninsula Malaysia, Singapore). 27-33 cm. Common resident in S Peninsula Malaysia.

LACE WOODPECKER

Subspecies vittatus photographed in Singapore (Kanji Marshes) November 2016

925                  LACE WOODPECKER              Picus vittatus

SINGAPORE (Kanji Marshes)              (79)

Found in secondary forests, scrub, old plantations, mangroves and occasionally urban parks; not in primary forests. 30 cm. Distribution: E India, mainland SE Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java.