Abundance: 0.51 to 2.53% (median 0.80%)

Latitudinal range: 1.6° to 28.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (6)

Found in 7 samples

China: Dawei Shan Nature Reserve

Malaysia: Pasoh Forest Reserve (virgin forest), Pasoh Forest Reserve (regenerating forest), Kuala Keniam, Gombak Field Station, Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve Maran (thirty year old logged forest), PPB Oil Palms Berhad (forest)

See also Blythipicus pyrrhotis, Blythipicus rubiginosus