Description Rufous-bellied Woodpecker - Bhutan_S4E8773
Date 14 April 2012, 09:23
Source Rufous-bellied Woodpecker - Bhutan_S4E8773 https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/16384511346/
Author Francesco Veronesi from Italy https://www.flickr.com/people/30818542@N04
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rufous-bellied_Woodpecker_-_Bhutan_S4E8773.jpg

The rufous-bellied woodpecker or rufous-bellied sapsucker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. This woodpecker has a habit of making a series of small pits on the bark of trees leading to its being considered an Asiatic member of the sapsuckers in the past. It is found along the Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, North Korea, South Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It has a tongue that has a brushy tip that allows it to feed on sap. Sap is predominantly sought in the spring season while wood-boring and bark insects are taken at most othertimes. Order: Piciformes, Family: Picidae, Synonyms: Hypopicus hyperythrus.