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Picus flavinucha

Photo by cskhaw
Photographed: Fraser's hill, Malaysia



[edit] Identification

Large size with golden yellow nuchal crest and dark brown flight feathers marked with black bars diagnostic.Upperparts olive green,tail black,underpaerts greyish,crown dark brown,sides of head greyish brown.Male-Creamy yellow throat and malar area with small area of white with dark spots below throat.Female-Throat and malar area brown,white area with dark spots below throat more extensive.Size-34cm.

[edit] Distribution

The Himalayas and southern China through se Asia to Sumatra.

[edit] Taxonomy

This species is sometimes placed in the genus Chrysophlegma.

[edit] Habitat

Forests and forest edges.

[edit] Behaviour

Usualy frequents the canopy and middle storey,solitarily,some times in small loose groups .Very noisy and conspicuous.

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