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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Himalayan Woodpecker* |
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Dendrocopos himalayensis |
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Description (10)
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Himalayan Woodpecker
© flickr.com
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Other Names (World)
Himalayan Woodpecker, Himalayan Pied Woodpecker
Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)
Size
25 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Jardine & Selby, 1835)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, dry forest. From 1,500 - 3,200 m.
Afghanistan (B) (NB), India, Nepal, Pakistan.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)
Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) [XC547672]
by Andrew Spencer from Sau Kharak, Uttarakhand, India (call)
Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) [XC472681]
by Andrew Spencer from Chopta, Kedarnath NP, Uttarakhand, India (call)
Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged into Picoides. Forms a superspecies with Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus), White-winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus) and Sind Woodpecker (Dendrocopos assimilis). Subspecies intergrade in northern India.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
- albescens (Baker, ECS, 1926) - North-eastern Afghanistan (Safed Koh) and northern Pakistan to Himachal Pradesh.
- himalayensis (Jardine & Selby, 1835) - Eastern Himachal Pradesh east to western Nepal.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Himalayan Woodpecker see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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