Other Names (World)
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker, Common Scaly-bellied Woodpecker, Large Scaly-bellied Woodpecker, Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker, Great Scaly Woodpecker
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus) [XC333403]
by Gajus Scheltema from D.P.F.Dain Kund, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India (flight call)
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus) [XC403970]
by Rolf A. de By from Dhikala Forest Rest House, Jim Corbett National Park, Uttaranchal, India (call)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
flavirostris (Menzbier, 1886) - Afghanistan (except north-east) and western Pakistan.
squamatus Vigors, 1831 - North-eastern Afghanistan east to Darjeeling.