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Greater Yellownape of Sikkim, India

on 22nd March 2016

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“I have a large number of images still unprocessed from our Sikkim trip and I am trying to send some useful ones through.

YellownapeGR [AmarSingh] 2
“All the images shown here are of an adult female.

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“The Greater Yellownape (Picus flavinucha flavinucha) is a common woodpecker to observe and we saw it 4-5 times at close proximity.

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“It loves to use the long tongue to probe holes for insects (above).

YellownapeGR-sonogram [AmarSingh]

“The call can be heard HERE and the sonogram is shown above”

Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
15th September 2015

Location: Kewzing, Ravangla Subdivision, South Sikkim, India
Habitat: A road cutting through mixed secondary and primary forest, 1,700m ASL

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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