| Streak-throated Woodpecker | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Picus |
| Species: | P. xanthopygaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Picus xanthopygaeus (J. E. Gray & G. R. Gray, 1847) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Picus myrmecophoneus |
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The Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus is a species of woodpecker found in the Indian Subcontinent.
A medium-sized, green woodpecker with streaked throat and scaly whitish underparts. Green above with yellowish rump, white supercilia and white and black moustache. Crown red in male, blackish in female. Tail dark and plain. Small, dark bill.