Brown-fronted woodpecker

Brown-fronted woodpecker
Male in Uttarakhand, India
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dendrocoptes
Species: D. auriceps
Binomial name
Dendrocoptes auriceps
(Vigors, 1831)
Synonyms

Leiopicus auriceps
Dendrocopos auriceps

The brown-fronted woodpecker (Dendrocoptes auriceps) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It ranges across the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, primarily the lower-to-middle altitudes of the Himalayas. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bhutan.

Habitat

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

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.

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