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Grey-headed Woodpecker

Picus canus

Photo by Karan Raghwa
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Field Notes

Description:

Male - darkish-green above; crimson forehead; black hind-crown, faint crest and nape; dark sides of head and black malar stripe; yellow rump, white barred dark wings and blackish tail; unmarked, dull greyish-olive underbody diagnostic.
Female - black from forehead to nape, no crimson.
Photo taken at Sattal, Uttarakhand, India

Habitat:

Deciduous and temperate forests

Notes:

Info taken from: Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
By – Bikram Grewal, Sumit Sen, Sarwandeep Singh, Nikhil Devasar and Garima Bhatia

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