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[[Image:Heart-spotted_Woodpecker.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|sAwnOirOychAng|sAwnOirOychAng}} <br />[[Khao-Yai National Park]], [[Thailand]]]]
 
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[[Image:Heart-spotted_Woodpecker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|sAwnOirOychAng|sAwnOirOychAng}} <br />Location:  [[Khao-Yai National Park]], [[Thailand]]]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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15–17 cm (5-6¾ in)
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*Thin neck
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*Large head with prominent crest
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*Short, rounded tail<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Black head
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Oriental region mainland.
 
Oriental region mainland.
 
Peninsula [[India]], [[Burma]], [[Thailand]] and [[Indochina]]
 
Peninsula [[India]], [[Burma]], [[Thailand]] and [[Indochina]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Monotypic
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Humid and Bamboo forests
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Humid and dense deciduous and evergreen forests and forest edges. Also secondary and bamboo forests.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of insects, ants, termites and larvae. They feed, singly in pairs and in mixed species flocks.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Hemicircus+canente}}
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Hemicircus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Hemicircus]]

Revision as of 00:21, 17 November 2017

Hemicircus canente

Identification

15–17 cm (5-6¾ in)

  • Thin neck
  • Large head with prominent crest
  • Short, rounded tail

Male

  • Black head

Distribution

Oriental region mainland. Peninsula India, Burma, Thailand and Indochina

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Humid and dense deciduous and evergreen forests and forest edges. Also secondary and bamboo forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of insects, ants, termites and larvae. They feed, singly in pairs and in mixed species flocks.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)

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