Scaly-bellied Woodpecker

Scaly-bellied Woodpecker

Taxobox
name = Scaly-bellied Woodpecker


image_caption = in Kullu- Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Piciformes
familia = Picidae
genus = "Picus"
species = "P. squamatus"
binomial = "Picus squamatus"
binomial_authority = Vigors, 1831
synonyms =

The Scaly-bellied Woodpecker ("Picus squamatus") is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Description

Large, green woodpecker with distinct scaling from breast to vent. Similar to Streak-throated Woodpecker but larger and with unstreaked throat and upper breast. Black moustache and black bored white supercilia. Tail strongly barred. Crown red in male, blackish in female. Large pale bill.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/47423/all Picus squamatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 27 July 2007.


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