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Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes tristis grammithorax   - Pair foraging
Buff-rumped Woodpecker
Photographer : © Amar-Singh HSS
Location :primary forest, Kledang-Sayong Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Date : 25 February 2021
English synonyms:Fulvous-rumped Barred Woodpecker, Fulvous-rumped Woodpecker, Zebra Woodpecker, White-rumped Woodpecker (tristis)
Bird Family :Picidae - Wrynecks, Piculets, Woodpeckers, Flamebacks & Yellownapes
Bird Group :PICIFORMES
Red Data Status :Least Concern
Remarks :I watched this pair for an extended period. They were often together foraging at almost ground level, on dead trees or very high up at the top of the forest canopy. They made calls, at times, as they flew from tree to tree; often both bird bursting out in a fast vocalisation that contained squeaks, quivering and fast trills. A call recording, a composite of three recordings, is here:
https://www.xeno-canto.org/624798

I also heard their fast drumming but did not manage to record it.

- Amar