Common golden-backed woodpecker – Bird Ecology Study Group

7 Nov 2021

Common Golden-backed woodpecker (Dinopium javanense) caught a lizard

by LW Teo | posted in: Feeding | 0

On 19 October 2021, outside my apartment, I observed a female Common Flame-back or Common Golden-back woodpecker (Dinopium javanense) perching on a short coconut palm tree trunk. In its beak was a house gecko. The bird seemed to be struggling … Continued

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