Wildlifeof Thailand
Orange-backed Woodpecker
Picida
Photo: Brodie Cass Talbott (iNaturalist) · CC BY 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Chrysocolaptes validus
Basic stats
Diet
Insects
Habitat
Lowland rainforest
Range
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
This large Sundaic woodpecker has orange upperparts and forages on substantial rainforest trunks (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Near Threatened (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Orange-backed Woodpecker eat?
- Insects
- What habitat does the Orange-backed Woodpecker live in?
- Lowland rainforest
- Where is the Orange-backed Woodpecker found?
- Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo