The bamboo woodpecker (''Gecinulus viridis'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family
Picidae
Woodpeckers are part of the bird family Picidae, which also includes the piculets, wrynecks, and sapsuckers. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions. M ...
. It is found in
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
,
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
,
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
and the
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
. Its natural
habitat
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s are subtropical or tropical dry
forest
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s and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
* Picture - Oriental Bird Club Images.
Gecinulus, bamboo woodpecker
Birds of Laos
Birds of the Malay Peninsula
Birds of Myanmar
Birds of Thailand
bamboo woodpecker
The bamboo woodpecker (''Gecinulus viridis'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and the Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest
A forest is an area of land dom ...
bamboo woodpecker
The bamboo woodpecker (''Gecinulus viridis'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and the Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest
A forest is an area of land dom ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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