this is taking by my birding son the Late Ali Ibrahim, from his home town Sabeth Alalaya, a little town in the heights of Asir region Southern Arabia.
Ali was arranging for me a visit to it, to take me to see this beauty and many of the beautiful birds of that area, i was specially excited about the little brown woodland warbler.
The Arabian woodpecker adult male is 18 cm; 1920 g, has crimson-red hindcrown and nape, olive-grey to brown hindneck; rest of head variably brownish to light grey-brown or dark brown, paler streaks