- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
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Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker In Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae Genus: Dendrocopos Species: D. macei Binomial name Dendrocopos macei
(Vieillot, 1818)The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Description
A medium-sized, pied woodpecker. Upperparts black, heavily barred white. Undertail red, breast und belly buffwith light flank barring and slight side streaking. Withish cheeks partly bordered by black line. Crown red in male with orange forehead, black in female.
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At Narendrapur near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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At Narendrapur near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Female in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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In Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
Media related to Dendrocopos macei at Wikimedia Commons
- BirdLife International 2004. Dendrocopos macei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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