Yellow-crowned Woodpecker

Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Male at Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dendrocopos
Species: D. mahrattensis
Binomial name
Dendrocopos mahrattensis
(Latham, 1802)
Male at Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.

The Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis or Mahratta woodpecker is a species of small pied woodpecker found in South Asia.

Description

Medium-sized, pale-headed, pied woodpecker. Upperparts black, heavily spotted and barred white. Underparts dark, steaked dingywithe with red belly patch. Irregular brown cheek and neck patches. Female has yellowish crown and nape. In male nape scarlet and fore-crown yellow.

References

  • Bird Life International (2004). Dendrocopos mahrattensis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

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