Fulvous-breasted woodpecker explained

The fulvous-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.[1] It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India and Myanmar.[2] The freckle-breasted woodpecker was formerly considered conspecific with this species.

Description

A medium-sized, pied woodpecker. Upperparts black, heavily barred white. Undertail red, breast and belly buff with light flank barring and slight side streaking. Withish cheeks partly bordered by black line. Crown red in male with orange forehead, black in female.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Notes and References

  1. Fuchs. Jérôme. Ohlson. Jan I.. Ericson. Per G. P.. Pasquet. Eric. Synchronous intercontinental splits between assemblages of woodpeckers suggested by molecular data. Zoologica Scripta. 36. 1. 2007. 11–25. 0300-3256. 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00267.x. 84724528.
  2. Book: Sivaperuman. C.. Venkataraman. K.. Abundance and Species Distribution of Bird Communities in Ritchie's Archipelago, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 2012. 273–288. 10.1007/978-3-642-28335-2_18. 978-3-642-28334-5.