Brown-fronted woodpecker
Brown-fronted woodpecker | |
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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 |
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.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Dendrocopos auriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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