White-bellied Woodpecker
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Woodpeckers

White-bellied Woodpecker

Dryocopus javensis

LCLeast Concern
Family
Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Order
Piciformes

Overview

The white-bellied woodpecker or great black woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) is a woodpecker species inhabiting evergreen forests in tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is among the largest of the Asiatic woodpeckers and nests in large dead trees, often beside rivers. It has 14 subspecies, and many of its island forms are endangered, some are extinct. Populations differ in the distribution and extent of white.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.