PICIDAE

SUNDA PYGMY WOODPECKER

Location : Perak
Date :  09 February 2022

13 cm Male moluccensis: Browner above than Grey-capped, dull brownish crown, broad dark greyish-brown ear-covert band and defined submoustachial, broader but more diffuse streaks below. Female: No red on crown. Juvenile: Duller/browner and less obviously streaked below, mostly pale lower mandible. Male has more orangey crown-streak. VOICE Male territorial call is sharp trilled kikikikikiki or whirring trrrrr-i-i. HABITAT Mangroves, coastal scrub, locally parks/gardens. RANGE Un/lc R (mostly coastal) Pen Malaysia, Singapore (also inland).