From the Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara [...] Zoologischer Theil, A. Pelzeln, "Vögel":

"A male killed in February on the island of Kar Nicobar. It was 10‘ long, the flight distance was 15 ½’. The cry is similar to that of our average woodpecker. The Nicobars call this bird Sakazr. On all the islands not infrequently. On 7 March a female was found by Wüllerstorf in the woods near the village of Itöe in Nangkauri harbour. There are also two other females and a male shot by Wüllerstorf and kept in the bellow. Zelebor". (p. 160)