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[[India]], [[Iran]], and [[Pakistan]]. | [[India]], [[Iran]], and [[Pakistan]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species.<br /> | ||
| + | Hybrids with [[Syrian Woodpecker]] occur rarely. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Dry lowland forests. | Dry lowland forests. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Feeds on ants and larvae of wood-boring beetles.<br /> | ||
| + | Forages singly on trunks, branches and twigs of trees, bushes or fence posts. Also often on the ground and on fallen trees. Hammers and probes like other woodpeckers. | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | Breeding season from March to April. The nest hole is excavated by the male and the female in a trunk or a dead branch 1 to 4 m from the ground. Lays 3 to 4 eggs. | ||
| + | ====Movements==== | ||
| + | A resident species. A 19th-century record from northwest India indicates a long-distance dispersal. | ||
| + | ==Reference== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker14V5.2}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015) | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Dendrocopos+assimilis}} | {{GSearch|Dendrocopos+assimilis}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dendrocopos]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dendrocopos]] | ||
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- Dendrocopos assimilis
Identification
Distribution
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Hybrids with Syrian Woodpecker occur rarely.
Habitat
Dry lowland forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on ants and larvae of wood-boring beetles.
Forages singly on trunks, branches and twigs of trees, bushes or fence posts. Also often on the ground and on fallen trees. Hammers and probes like other woodpeckers.
Breeding
Breeding season from March to April. The nest hole is excavated by the male and the female in a trunk or a dead branch 1 to 4 m from the ground. Lays 3 to 4 eggs.
Movements
A resident species. A 19th-century record from northwest India indicates a long-distance dispersal.
Reference
- 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/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sind Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 31 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sind_Woodpecker
