Megalaima haemacephala, Coppersmith Barbet, Crimper-breasted barbet, Coppersmith, has 9 subspecies.
Pseudowoodpecker is a resident bird. They are often solitary except during the breeding season, and sometimes in small groups on trees where food is abundant. It is active and roosts in the canopy. The flight is powerful and fast. It mainly feeds on plant fruits and seeds, but also eats animal foods such as insects and insect larvae.
Like other woodpeckers, the red-breasted birds gather on light branches in the early morning to sing like a resonant monotone metallic "tuk" or "tonk" for several minutes at a steady rate of about 110 sounds per minute. The tail flips forward with each tonk. The other call is slower and more irregular, nodding up and down but not moving its tail.
The breeding period is from March to May. Nest in a hole in a tree. Suitable trees in forests, forest edges, land edges, orchards, towns and in front of and behind houses can be selected for nesting. Nest holes are dug by the parent birds themselves, usually about 1.5 or 5 meters above the ground. Two to four eggs are laid in each clutch. The eggs are white, 23-29×17-19 mm in size, and are incubated by male and female in turn. The incubation period is 14-16 days, and the chicks become late sex.
Pseudowoodpecker has a wide distribution range, does not approach the vulnerable endangered threshold criteria for species survival (distribution area or fluctuation range of less than 20,000 square kilometers, habitat quality, population size, distribution area fragmentation), and population trend is stable, so it is assessed as non-endangered species.
Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2012 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Not Threatened (LC)。
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