Psilopogon franklinii

The golden-throated Woodpecker has a large dark red spot on its forehead and pillow, and a golden yellow spot on the top of its head. Black eyes, top of head and sides of pillow, grey or black brow lines. Back, shoulders, inner wings, waist and tail grass green, sometimes with yellow. Some green can be seen on the surface of the wing, and the small cover feathers on the upper wing and the outer cover feathers are dark blue or purplish blue. Inside: dark brown, with light yellow feather margin; In addition to the first primary flight feathers, the remaining primary flight feathers are blue. The base of the mouth has an orange spot, the chin and upper throat are golden yellow, the side of the head, the ear cover and the lower throat are silver-gray, and the rest of the lower body is yellowish-green.
The iris is brown, the mouth is bluish-black, and the tarsus, toes and claws are gray-green.
Size measurement: weight 72-122 grams, ♀79-96 grams; The body length is 199-240mm, ♀ 199-230

Distribution in China: It is distributed in Gongshan, Lushui, Tengchong, Yingjiang, Yongde, Lancang, Xishuangbanna, Luchun, Machan, Pingbian and other western, southern and southeastern parts of Yunnan Province, as well as in southern Tibet and southwestern Guangxi.
Worldwide distribution: It is distributed in China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina Peninsula and Malay Peninsula.
The golden throated woodpecker mainly lives in evergreen broad-leaved forests at altitudes of 500-2500 meters, especially in forest gullies and along the banks of streams.

Psilopogon franklinii, Megalaima franklinii, Golden-throated Barbet, has three subspecies (1 named subspecies: Psilopogon franklinii franklinii. 2. Burmese subspecies: Psilopogon franklinii ramsayi. 3. Laotian subspecies: Psilopogon franklinii auricularis.) .

The golden-throated woodpecker is mostly solitary and prefers to rest in leafy trees. It feeds mainly on plant foods such as fruits, seeds and flowers, and sometimes insects and insect larvae。

The breeding period of the golden-throated Woodpecker is from April to August, and most of them are from May to June. Nest in the evergreen broad-leaved forest, pecking holes on the decaying dry tree or tree stump for the nest, the nest hole without any inner cushion, the hole from the ground height of 1.5-6 meters. Each clutch lays 2-5 eggs, usually 3-4. Oval white, oval, 25-29 mm x 19-22 mm in size. The male and female incubate the eggs in turn, and the chicks become late sex。

The golden-throated woodpecker population is extremely rare。

It was included in the List of Beneficial Terrestrial Wildlife under State Protection or of Important economic and scientific research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

Listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN 2016 ver 3.1) - Not Threatened (LC).

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