Streak-throated Woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus)

Other Names (World)
Streak-throated Woodpecker, Little Scaly-bellied Woodpecker, Little Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
27.50 - 30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray & Gray, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B), Bhutan (B), Cambodia (B), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Laos (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Sri Lanka (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Northern and peninsular India and lower foothills of Himalayas in southern Nepal east to Myanmar and southern China (western Yunnan), and south to Sri Lanka, south-western Thailand; also Cambodia, southern Laos and Cochinchina.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Streak-throated Woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) [XC809711]
by id from Bardiya National Park, Bardiya, Lumbini Province, Nepal (call)

Streak-throated Woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) [XC234183]
by Peter Boesman from Idukki, Kerala, India (call)

Subspecies
Species name sometimes erroneously given as Picus myrmecophoneus, a junior synonym.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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