Blythipicus pyrrhotis

The scientific name of the yellow billed chestnut woodpecker is Blythipicus pyrrhotis, and its foreign name is Bay woodpecker. It has five subspecies.

The yellow billed chestnut woodpecker is a resident bird in the subtropical zone of Yunnan and southeast Xizang, China, whose song is a hoarse rattle. Often engage in activities alone or in pairs. During the breeding period, the call is rough and loud. They often inhabit and forage in the upper layers of trees. Sometimes they also search for ants on the ground and fallen trees. Mainly feeds on insects. They also eat worms and other small invertebrates. Shout loudly "keek, keek keek keek, keek, keek". The audio is stable but the intervals fall back, just like an eight tone rhododendron.

The breeding period of the yellow billed chestnut woodpecker is from May to June. Usually nest on trees in the forest. The parent bird pecks its own hole to build its nest. Nests are often placed on live or dead trees that are decaying and easy to pick and chisel on the inside of the trunk. Each litter lays 2-4 eggs. Egg white, with a size of 27-33 x 19-23 millimeters.

Listed in the 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ver3.1- Least Concerned (LC).

Listed in the list of beneficial or economically and scientifically significant terrestrial wildlife protected by the state, released by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

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The yellow billed chestnut woodpecker is distributed in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Traveling bird: Hong Kong, China.
China is found in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Fujian, and Hainan.
It is generally rare and mainly inhabits mountainous evergreen broad-leaved forests at an altitude of 500-2200 meters. In winter, they often engage in activities and foraging in the foothills, plains, and forest edges.

The yellow billed chestnut woodpecker has a body length of about 30 centimeters and is a slightly larger woodpecker. The recognition features are reddish brown body feathers with black spots, and a long mouth with a light yellow color. The difference from the bamboo woodpecker is that its body feathers have black horizontal spots. The male bird has crimson patches on the neck and pillow. The mouth is yellow and the tip of the mouth is flattened. Most of the body feathers are chestnut colored, with horizontal spots on both the upper and lower body. The upper body is mostly brownish brown, and the lower back is dark brown; There is a large red erythema from below the pillow to the neck and behind the ear feathers; The head feathers have light axial patterns; Black horizontal spots on the back, tail, and wings. The lower body is dark brown, and the chest has light chestnut fine feather dry lines. The female bird has no erythema on the neck and sides of the neck. The upper feathers of youn