Streak-throated woodpecker
| Streak-throated woodpecker | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Picus |
| Species: | P. xanthopygaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Picus xanthopygaeus (Gray & Gray, 1847) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Picus myrmecophoneus | |
The streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) is a species of woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent.
Description
Male at BR Hills
A medium-sized, green woodpecker with streaked throat and scaly whitish underparts. Green above with yellowish rump, white supercilia and white and black moustache. Crown red in male, blackish in female. Tail dark and plain. Small, dark bill.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Picus xanthopygaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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