Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker - BirdForum Opus

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Nominate subspecies : Male
Photo © by biresh
Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India, August 2011

Dendrocopos macei

Identification

Male: red crown with orange forehead
Female: black crown

Distribution

India, Nepal, Burma and Pakistan.

Subspecies D. m. westermani : Female
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Sat Tal Forest, Alt. 5500 ft., Uttarakhand Himalayas , India, October-2017

Taxonomy

Freckle-breasted Woodpecker was formerly considered conspecific.

Subspecies

Two subspecies recognized^[1]:

• D. m. westermani:

• Northern Pakistan, north-western India (Himachal Pradesh) and western Nepal

• D. m. macei:

• Central Nepal to northern Burma and eastern pen. India (Orissa and Andra Pradesh)

Habitat

Forest, woodlands, orchards, acacia scrub.

Behaviour

Nominate subspecies : Female
Photo © by ariban
Chontamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary, Kolkata, India, April 2011

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/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fulvous-breasted_Woodpecker

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