Species profile
Rufous-headed Woodpecker
Celeus spectabilis
Quick answer
Bamboo forest specialist. Common in HFR, where invariably observed in bamboo. The territorial song and drumming is audible over long distances, and evidence of its feeding behaviour is often observed on bamboo stalks. A pair with two juveniles observed by TNM on 12 August 2014, in bamboo near the reserve headquarters (Fig. 3 A).
- Scientific name
- Celeus spectabilis
- Family
- Picidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Celeus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Picidae
- Abyssinian Woodpecker (Dendropicos abyssinicus)
- Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
- African Piculet (Sasia africana)
- American Three-toed/black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)
- Andaman Woodpecker (Dryocopus hodgei)
- Antillean Piculet (Nesoctites micromegas)
- Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae)
- Arizona Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus arizonae)