Picus maculatus Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1786), 89.
Iyngipicus maculatus Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18,
332 (part); Grant, Ibis (1895), 115 (critical notes); Sharpe,
Hand-List (1900), 2, 220.
Yungipicus maculatus McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 65.
Cebu (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Guimaras (Koch & Schadenberg);
Negros (Whitehead); Panay (Sonnerat, Steere Exp., Bourns &
Worcester).
Male.--Above dark brown tinged with olive; white band from eye to nape
broken; a long wide red stripe on each side of occiput; spots on throat
and breast not so black as in validirostris. A male from Cebu measures:
Length, 145; wing, 85; tail, 44; culmen from base, 19; tarsus, 15.
Female.--Similar to the male but with no red on the head. A female from
Cebu measures: Wing, 86; tail, 52; culmen from base, 19; tarsus, 14.
"Quite common in Cebu; rarer in Panay. Not met with in Negros though
it probably occurs there. Almost certainly absent in Masbate. Most
abundant about dead trees in the open, and in low second growth.
"Three males measure, 142 in length; wing, 81; tail, 38; culmen, 19;
tarsus, 16; middle toe with claw, 15. A female measures, 152 in length;
wing, 80; tail, 42; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 23; culmen,
18. Iris reddish brown to dark brown; legs and feet dirty olive-green;
nails brown; bill nearly or quite black, leaden at tip. Food insects
and larvæ." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)