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Streak-throated Woodpecker (female)

Picus xanthopygaeus

Photo by SukanyaDatta
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This is a woodpecker...it climbs along the trunk of the trees and taps for insects. Black crown = female. White lines over and under eye. Moss-green body.

Habitat:

Urban. Residential neighbourhood.

Notes:

Male: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1981550125

Reference Links:

Streak-throated Woodpecker

Species ID Suggestions

Streak-throated Woodpecker (female)

Picus xanthopygaeus

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Comments (1)
SukanyaDatta
DanielePralong Thank you so very much..not good angles... so I despaired of ever putting a name to it.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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PublishedApril 23, 2014

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