Yunigipicus leytensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere
Exped. (1890), 9, (error).
Yungipicus leytensis McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 65.
Bá-tuc, Bohol, used for all woodpeckers.
Bohol (McGregor); Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead); Samar (Steere
Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead).
Male.--Forehead and crown black; wings and back barred with white;
lower back and rump white, washed with pale fawn; ear-coverts black;
white stripe from above eye to side of neck very broad; a conspicuous
red patch on each side of occiput; throat and breast washed with
pale fawn. Length of a male from Bohol, 145; wing, 83; tail, 42;
culmen from base, 20.
Female.--Similar to the male but with no red patches.
"Two males from Samar average, 152 in length; wing, 80; tail,
31; culmen, 19; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 17. A female,
length, 159; wing, 87; tail, 37; culmen, 20; tarsus, 14; middle toe
with claw, 17. Iris reddish brown; legs, feet, and nails yellowish
brown; upper mandible and tip of lower black; base of lower mandible
yellowish." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)