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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
19/05/2024 06:57:44 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Brown-fronted Woodpecker*
Id (Atlas):
Leiopicus auriceps
Description (10 )
Brown-fronted Woodpecker
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Other Names (World)
Brown-fronted Woodpecker, Brown-fronted Pied Woodpecker
Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)
Size
19 - 20 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Vigors, 1831)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 3,000 m.
Afghanistan (B) (NB), India (B), Nepal (B), Pakistan (B).
Northern Baluchistan, and western Himalayas from north-eastern Afghanistan (Nuristan) east to northern India and eastern Nepal.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)... )
Listen to XC319384
Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes auriceps ) [XC319384 ]
by Peter Boesman from Bhimtal, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India (call, foraging)
Listen to XC104141
Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes auriceps ) [XC104141 ]
by Peter Boesman from pangot uttarakhand, India (call)
Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged into Picoides . Size decreases clinally from west to east, but no grounds for naming of geographical subspecies. There is some variation in the nape colour of females. Further study is required.
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Brown-fronted Woodpecker see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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