Buff-rumped Woodpecker

Meiglyptes grammithorax

The buff-rumped woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in southern Myanmar, Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was previously considered conspecific with the zebra woodpecker.

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