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Streak-throated Woodpecker

Picus xanthopygaeus

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Description:

A medium-sized, green woodpecker with streaked throat and scaly whitish underparts. Green above with yellowish rump, white supercilia and white and black moustache. Crown red in male, blackish in female. Tail dark and plain. Small, dark bill

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Comments (3)
Stian Waaler
Great picture SachindraUmesh! Do you have a picture from the front of the woodpecker?
SachindraUmesh
Thank you nuwan - just see if i Id'd him correctly -? looks similar to a scaly breasted woodpecker too..
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PublishedMay 2, 2013

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