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Picus squamatus

Photo by martinuk
Photo taken: Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India.

[edit] Identification

• Green
• Distinct scaling from breast to vent
• Black moustache
• Black bordered white supercilium
• Tail strongly barred
• Crown red in male, black in female
• Large pale bill

[edit] Distribution

Asia: found in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas.

[edit] Taxonomy

Female
Photo by Rajsurin
Kasauli, Himachal, India, April 2011

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• P.s.squamatus :

• North-eastern Afghanistan to northern India (Darjeeling)

• P.s.flavirostris:

• Afghanistan (except north-east) and western Pakistan

[edit] Habitat

Coniferous Forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

• List of references

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