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Himalayas - 592 : Black-naped Woodpecker : drumming & calling : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari (Picus canus)

Drumming and calling

Watch a Himalayan
Grey-headed Woodpecker
... aka
Black-naped Woodpecker
( male )
... displaying
and drumming ...

Drumming is variously
known as ... tattooing
tapping ... and
rapping ...

It is done by
woodpeckers on both
natural and structured
hollow objects ...

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Ranikhet, Almora
Altitude 6500 feet
Uttarakhand Himalayas
India

6 April 2019
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Habitat
Himalayan Forest Altitude 6500 feet.
Location
Ranikhet, Almora, Uttarakhand Himalayas, India
Date taken
06.04.2019
Scientific name
Picus canus
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bievreJJ
superb video of this beautiful, active, woodpecker, Alok, awesome work, many tfs!!
 

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