Size & diagnostic markings:- 24 cm. I love seeing this bird with a outstanding ivory beak A small Woodpecker at 24 cm almost the size of the Rufous and yet smaller. The description of "unmarked maroon chestnut" looks like plain maroon on the upper part and the under part also plain looks brown . The beak which is the striking part is long of pale ivory color.

Distribution :-  The is a bird from Sumatra and Borneo Island. This is not a common bird to find but could seen at Forest edge in Malaysia.

Habitats & preferences:- The bird prefers Bamboo clumps. A lowland bird but usually prefers Bamboo growing on heavily forested hill slopes. So I would say that this is a bird of the low hills and not sub-montane.

Though a bird native to Malaysia, the bird is not often sighted. In fact the few occasions I met the bird at the Gap and Perdik by chance. Not enough experience with the bird to pass on in this page. The images shown below with that of my collection of female Maroon Woodpecker.

Then further down are pictures of the male bird feeding the chicks. Unfortunately, lightings was hostile even though I was very close by to the nest.

In Malaysia, where can the bird be found:- The bird seen in the hills in Ulu Langat as well as those on the road to Frasers. A good place would be The Gap

With Will would Wander