Rufous Woodpecker
Celeus brachyurus
Summary 2
The Rufous Woodpecker, (Micropternus brachyurus) is a brown woodpecker found in the Indian Subcontinent. Its genus, Micropternus, is monotypic.
Description and systematics 3
It is a medium-sized, rufous-coloured woodpecker with a short crest and a short, weak and slightly curved black bill. It has black vermiculations on its rufous body and a dark eye stripe. The upperparts are finely barred black. The male has small red patches at the eyes.
In Kolkata (West Bengal, India)
In Kolkata (West Bengal, India)
In Dandeli, Karnataka, India
This singular species was formerly placed in the South AmericangenusCeleus simply due to its somewhat similar appearance and for lack of a better alternative, but it differed from these species in many aspects. DNA sequence analyses have confirmed that the rufous woodpecker should be placed in the monotypic genus Micropternus. Its closest relatives seem to be the enigmatic woodpeckers of the genus Meiglyptes and possibly Hemicircus.
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- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous_woodpecker
