Woodpeckers

Orange-backed Woodpecker

Chrysocolaptes validus

The Orange-backed Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes validus) is a 149 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Woodpeckers

Order

Piciformes

Weight

149 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei, ZZ.

Where to see it: Gunung Panti Recreational Forest · Panti Bird Sanctuary and North Area (Malaysia); Kinabalu Park · HQ area (please use more specific location if possible) (Malaysia); Sepilok · Rainforest Discovery Center (Malaysia); Bukit Patoi Temburong, Brunei (Brunei Darussalam); Luagan Lalak (Brunei Darussalam).

Photo: (c) ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist