- Picus flavinucha
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.
Distribution
The Himalayas and southern China through se Asia to Sumatra.
Taxonomy
This species is sometimes placed in the genus Chrysophlegma.
Habitat
Forests and forest edges.
Behaviour
Usualy frequents the canopy and middle storey,solitarily,some times in small loose groups .Very noisy and conspicuous.
