Yellow-crowned Woodpecker

Male
Photo by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, December, 2019

Dendrocopos mahrattensis

Leiopicus mahrattensis

Identification

17–18 cm (6½-7 in)

• Black upperparts, with many white spots and bars
• Dark streaked underparts
• Red belly patch
• Brown cheek and neck patches
  

Male

• Yellow fore-crown
• Red nape
  

Female

• Yellow crown and nape

Distribution

Female
Photo by vaibhav mishra
Kutch, Gujarat, India November 2010

Asia: found in China, Nepal,
South Asia: Pakistan, India, Western Himalayas, Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand

Taxonomy

Subspecies

• D. m. mahrattensis:

• India to Burma, south-western China, eastern Cambodia, southern Laos; winterst to Sri Lanka

• D. m. pallescens:

• Eastern Pakistan (east of Indus River) and north-western India

Habitat

Dry open woodland and desert scrub.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of insects and caterpillars gleaned from trees, also fruit and nectar.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-crowned Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-crowned_Woodpecker

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