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Orange-backed woodpecker

Reinwardtipicus validus

Coenraad Jacob Temminck, 1825

In Thai: นกหัวขวานหลังสีส้ม

The orange-backed woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) is a bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in southern Thailand, Malaya, Sarawak and Sabah in Malaysia, Brunei, Sumatra and Java. It is placed in its own monotypic genus Reinwardtipicus.

Taxonomy

The orange-backed woodpecker was described and illustrated in 1825 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in his Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux from specimens that had been collected on the Indonesian island of Java. He coined the binomial name Pic validus. The woodpecker is now the sole species placed in the genus Reinwardtipicus that was erected in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte to accommodate the orange-backed woodpecker. The genus name Reinwardtipicus was chosen to honour the Dutch naturalist Caspar Reinwardt. His name is combined with picus, the Latin word for a woodpecker. The specific epithet validus is a Latin word meaning "strong" or "powerful". The orange-backed woodpecker belongs to the tribe Campephilini in the subfamily Picinae. Molecular genetic studies have show that the species is closely related to the woodpeckers in the genus Chrysocolaptes.

Two subspecies are recognised:

  • R. v. xanthopygius (Finsch, 1905) – the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
  • R. v. validus (Temminck, 1825) – Java

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Category / Seasonal Status

BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years

BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident

Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Piciformes
Family
Picidae
Genus
Reinwardtipicus
Species
Reinwardtipicus validus

Common names

  • Thai: นกหัวขวานหลังสีส้ม

Subspecies

  • Orange-backed woodpecker, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, 1825

    Range: Java

  • Reinwardtipicus validus xanthopygius, Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch, 1905

    Range: Thailand (extreme south) to Sumatra, Borneo, Riau Arch., North Natuna Is.

Synonyms

  • Chrysocolaptes validus, Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1825)
  • Reinwardtipicus validus, Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1825)

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)

Near Threatened (ONEP)

Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)

Near Threatened (BCST)

Photos

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Range Map

Distribution map of Orange-backed woodpecker, Reinwardtipicus validus in Thailand
  • Bang Lang National Park
  • Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Khao Banthat Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Khao Phra - Bang Khram Wildlife Sanctuary
  • San Kala Khiri National Park
  • Thale Ban National Park
Range map of Reinwardtipicus validus in Thailand