The streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) is a species of woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent.
Streak-throated woodpecker | |
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Male bird in Corbett National Park and a sound recording from Tamil Nadu, India | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Picus |
Species: | P. xanthopygaeus
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Binomial name | |
Picus xanthopygaeus | |
Synonyms | |
Picus myrmecophoneus |
Description
editA medium-sized, green woodpecker with streaked throat and scaly whitish underparts. Green above with yellowish rump, white supercilia and white and black moustache. Crown red in male, blackish in female. Tail dark and plain. Smallish, dark bill.
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male feeding on termites at Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka
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dorsal view of a female in western Tamil Nadu
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male at Kaziranga National Park in Assam
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Picus xanthopygaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681453A92907638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681453A92907638.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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