Sooty Woodpeckers, Mulleripicus funebris
June 2012, Subic Rainforest, Zambales and Bataan
A pair of Sooty Woodpeckers [HD]
Check out this pair of Sooty Woodpeckers digiscoped last June in the superb forests of Subic in Luzon. This is a male and female pair, the male bird having a crimson red face while the female has a plain sooty black face. The Sooty Woodpecker is endemic to the Philippines and ranges only in the islands of Luzon, Catanduanes, Marinduque, Polillio, Leyte, Samar and Mindanao.
