Buff-necked Woodpecker

The buff-necked woodpecker (Meiglyptes tukki) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. == History and Taxonomy == Meiglyptes tukki was first described by the French ornithologist René Primevère Lesson in 1839 as Picus tukki. It has four subspecies: Meiglyptes tukki tukki, Meiglyptes tukki percnerpes, Meiglyptes tukki batu, and Meiglyptes tukki pulonis. == Morphology == Meiglyptes tukki is small and dark brown with pale wing barring and a dirty-cream stripe on the neck. It has a pointed bill which is curved along the culmen. It is slightly heavier than its close relative Meiglyptes tristis and has a significantly longer tail. M. tukki is distinguished from its closest relatives by the lack of a nuchal crest. A 1978 survey of fourteen individuals recorded mean body mass of 53g and a mean wing length of 101mm. The mean bill length, width, and depth noted in the 1978 survey were 22.68mm, 8.66mm, and 7.98mm, respectively. == Distribution == M. tukki is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. It inhabits primary evergreen and semi-evergreen lowland forests and peat swamp forests. == Behavior == M. tukki primarily forages by surface gleaning and probing on branches and sapling trunks. It primarily feeds…