Brown-fronted Woodpecker

Brown-fronted Woodpecker
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Dendrocopos
Species:	D. auriceps
Binomial name
Dendrocopos auriceps (Vigors, 1831)

The Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos auriceps) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Description

A medium-sized, pied woodpecker with yellow in crown. White-barred (rather than spotted) black. Underparts, prominent black moustache extending to breast and black-streaked white underparts. Vent deep pink. In male forecrown brown, centre yellow, rear red with black rear neck. In female whole crown yellow.

Female

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Dendrocopos auriceps. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.

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