About Chrysophlegma mentale (Temminck, 1826)
Chrysophlegma mentale, commonly known as the checker-throated woodpecker, checker-throated yellownape, or Javan yellownape, is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae, native to Southeast Asia. This species has a wide distribution across Southeast Asia, where it has been recorded in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Indonesia. Its natural habitats include subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and the landward edge of mangrove forests. In terms of ecology, the checker-throated woodpecker breeds in March and April in Malaysia, and between February and June in Borneo. It nests in cavities it excavates in deadwood. Its diet consists primarily of insects, with berries as a supplement. It forages by gleaning and probing in the lower and middle layers of the forest canopy.
