Checker-throated woodpecker

Checker-throated woodpecker

Checker-throated yellownape, Javan yellownape

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Chrysophlegma mentale

The checker-throated woodpecker, checker-throated yellownape, or Javan yellownape (Chrysophlegma mentale ) is a species of bird in the family Picidae native to Southeast Asia.

Geography

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Habits and Lifestyle

The species has been recorded as breeding in March and April in Malaysia, and between February and June in Borneo, using nests is excavated in deadwood. It feeds on insects supplemented by berries, foraging by gleaning and probing in the lower and middle canopy storeys.

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Seasonal behavior
Bird's call

Diet and Nutrition

Population

Conservation

The checker-throated woodpecker is greatly threatened by deforestation caused by illegal logging for primary forest wood and the expansion of palm oil plantations and other agricultural developments, and appears to be declining. It is currently classified as Near threatened by the IUCN.

References

1. Checker-throated woodpecker Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker-throated_woodpecker
2. Checker-throated woodpecker on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62049529/95187388
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/621260

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