Northern Sooty Woodpecker
Photo: Albert Abadicio · CC BY 4.0

Woodpeckers

Northern Sooty Woodpecker

Mulleripicus funebris

NTNear Threatened Endemic to Philippines
Family
Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Order
Piciformes

Overview

The northern sooty woodpecker (Mulleripicus funebris) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
It is endemic to Luzon, Marinduque, Catanduanes and the Polillo Islands in the Philippines. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and tropical moist montane forests.
The northern sooty woodpecker was once considered conspecific with the southern sooty woodpecker and both were lumped together as Mulleripicus funebris and known simply as the "sooty woodpecker".

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Last updated September 29, 2026.