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;[[:Category:Chrysocolaptes|Chrysocolaptes]] festivus | ;[[:Category:Chrysocolaptes|Chrysocolaptes]] festivus | ||
[[Image:1254wnwpmale.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Swift<br />Male bird photographed in Sri Lanka.]] | [[Image:1254wnwpmale.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Swift<br />Male bird photographed in Sri Lanka.]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 29 cm. White hind neck extends down the back, black shoulder patches continue onto the back to form a V-shape bordering the white. The rest of the upperparts and wings are golden yellow, black rump and tail, white underparts with dark chevron markings, white head with a dark moustache stripe and a black eye patch that extends down the neck sides. The adult male White-naped Woodpecker has a red crown and females have a yellow crown. Young birds are like the female, but duller. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Peninsular [[India]]; [[Sri Lanka]]. | Peninsular [[India]]; [[Sri Lanka]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Light forests. | + | Light forests and scrub. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | It nests in a tree hole, laying 1-2 white eggs. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Chrysocolaptes+festivus}} | {{GSearch|Chrysocolaptes+festivus}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chrysocolaptes]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chrysocolaptes]][[category:incomplete]] |
Revision as of 14:29, 18 August 2008
- Chrysocolaptes festivus
Identification
29 cm. White hind neck extends down the back, black shoulder patches continue onto the back to form a V-shape bordering the white. The rest of the upperparts and wings are golden yellow, black rump and tail, white underparts with dark chevron markings, white head with a dark moustache stripe and a black eye patch that extends down the neck sides. The adult male White-naped Woodpecker has a red crown and females have a yellow crown. Young birds are like the female, but duller.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Light forests and scrub.
Behaviour
It nests in a tree hole, laying 1-2 white eggs.
