Buff-rumped woodpecker

The buff-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in southern Myanmar, Thailand, Malaya, Java, Sumatra and Borneo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Buff-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 buff-rumped woodpecker was described by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield in 1821 under the binomial name Picus tristis from a specimen collected in Java.[2] The specific epithet tristis is Latin for "sad" or "gloomy".[3] The species is now placed in the genus Meiglyptes that was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1837.[4][5]

Two subspecies are recognised:[5]

Some authorities treat the two subspecies as separate species with M. grammithorax as the buff-rumped woodpecker and M. tristis as the white-rumped woodpecker.[6]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2014). "Meiglyptes tristis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Horsfield, Thomas (1921). "Systematic arrangement and description of birds from the island of Java". Transactions of the Linnean Society. 13: 133–200 [177].
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 390. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Swainson, William John (1837). On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. Volume 2. London: John Taylor. p. 309.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Woodpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. BirdLife International (2019). "Meiglyptes grammithorax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.


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