Great Slaty Woodpecker

The Great Slaty Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. With the probable extinction of the Imperial Woodpecker and possible extinction of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, this species stands as the largest woodpecker in the world.

The Great Slaty Woodpecker is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Great Slaty Woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. With the probable extinction of the Imperial Woodpecker and possible extinction of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, this species stands as the largest woodpecker in the world. More

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is the Great Slaty Woodpecker of Southeast Asia, at about 50 cm (20 inches) and 450 g (1 lb). A number of species exhibit sexual dimorphism in size, bill length and weight. In the piculets it is often the females that are larger, amongst the woodpeckers that show sexual dimorphism it is usually the males that are larger. Most species possess predominantly white, black and brown, green and red plumage, although many piculets show a certain amount of grey and olive green. More

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A distant shot of Great Slaty Woodpecker is above, and one of Black Woodpecker is to the right. My shots here are not much, but experiencing a huge woodpecker deep in virgin jungle is always a memorable experience. Among the huge woodpeckers nine species of extant Campephilus in the New World, and four (or more? the genus needs revisions) species of flameback (Dinopium) in southeast Asia. Alas, two the world's most awesome woodpeckers have apparently become extinct within my lifetime. More

subspecies of Great Slaty Woodpecker found in Myanmar responds very negatively to logging, as it does elsewhere. “In Borneo the decline is a little more than 80 percent after just one round of logging, so that’s pretty dramatic,” he says. “You lose four-fifths of your original density. We have not had a chance to analyze all the data we gathered in Myanmar, but so far it looks as if the same trend will hold there. More

For the purposes of our bird news services, Great Slaty Woodpecker is classed as Ungraded: species which are unlikely to appear as wild birds in Britain or Ireland hide section Most recent photos of Great Slaty Woodpecker (3) Kaeng Krachan, Thailand Kaeng Krachan, Thailand24/02/2009 Kaeng Krachan, Thailand 24/02/2009 Kaeng Krachan Park, Thailand Kaeng Krachan Park, Thailand26/02/2008 Kaeng Krachan Park, Thailand 26/02/2008 Kaeng Krachan Park, Thailand Kaeng Krachan Park, Thailand26/02/2008 Kaeng Krachan Park, Thailand More

* Great Slaty Woodpeckers A group of five perched in a bare tree, against the evening sky Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India Robert Wynands 5 January 2001 22 weeks ago 1 Sounds 2 recordings * bird calling Namdapha National Park, Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India Desmond Allen 1 February 1998 8 weeks ago 4 * 3 More

Great Slaty Woodpecker, 17 May 2003 by Tee Lian Huat -Kuala Gandah. 2. 27.12.2006 - by TS Chien, location not mention. Most of the pictures are from Sabah and Thailland. Congratulation! January 21, 2010 10:56 PM hasyimi said... More

English: Great Slaty Woodpecker, Himalayan Great Slaty Woodpecker Spanish: Picatroncos Pizarroso, Pico Pizarro Finnish: Isohelmitikka French: Pic meunier Indonesian: Pelatuk Kelabu-besar Italian: Picchio ardesia, Picchio polveroso Japanese: boushigera Japanese: ボウシゲラ Latin: Mulleripicus pulverulentus, Mülleripicus pulverulentus Malay: Belatuk, Belatuk Kelabu Dutch: Poederspecht Norwegian: Skiferspett Polish: mohun wielki Slovak: klopár bridlicový Thai: นกหัวขวานใหญ่สีเทา Chinese: 大灰啄木鸟 Avibase has been More

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Order : Piciformes
Family : Picidae
Genus : Mulleripicus
Species : pulverulentus
Authority : (Temminck, 1826)