Himalayan Woodpecker | |
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Female at Guna Pani (8,500 ft.) in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India. | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Dendrocopos |
Species: | D. himalayensis |
Binomial name | |
Dendrocopos himalayensis (Jardine & Selby, 1835) |
The Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
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Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests.
A medium sized, pied woodpecker. Black above with broad white patches from shoulder to lower back, limited white barring on flight feathers and clean white tail edgings. Underparts and head plain pale buff with black Y-shaped mark on neck and cheeks, red crown in male and black in female. Black marks under eyes unique. Vent pink.