Streak-throated woodpecker
Streak-throated woodpecker | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Picus |
Species: | P. xanthopygaeus
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Binomial name | |
Picus xanthopygaeus (Gray & Gray, 1847)
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Synonyms | |
Picus myrmecophoneus |
The streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) is a species of woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent.
Description[]
A 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. Small, dark bill.
![Streak throated woodpecker female HR.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Streak_throated_woodpecker_female_HR.jpg/220px-Streak_throated_woodpecker_female_HR.jpg)
References[]
- ^ 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.
Images[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Streak-throated_Woodpecker_AMSM6495.jpg/220px-Streak-throated_Woodpecker_AMSM6495.jpg)
At kaziranga National Park, Assam, India
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At kaziranga National Park, Assam, India
External links[]
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Picus (genus)
- Birds of South Asia
- Birds of Southeast Asia
- Birds described in 1847
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
- Taxa named by George Robert Gray
- Woodpecker stubs