White-bellied Woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)
About the White-bellied Woodpecker
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. Its drums and calls are louder than those of the smaller woodpeckers.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 171 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-ND · 6 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martiusrecording
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusrecording
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.