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[[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==
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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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29 cm (11½ in)
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*White hind-neck extends down the back
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*Black shoulder patches continue onto the back to form a V-shape bordering the white
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*Golden-yellow upperparts and wings
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*Black rump and tail
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*White underparts with dark chevron markings
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*White head
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*Dark [[Topography#Heads|moustachial]] stripe
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*Black eye patch that extends down the neck sides
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[[Image:104 494 wng 1 filtered.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|martinuk|martinuk}}<br />Tissamaharama Tank, Southern Province, [[Sri Lanka]], March 2015]]
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'''Adult male''': red crown<br />
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'''Adult female''': yellow crown<br />
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'''Young birds''': similar to the female, but duller.
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Peninsular [[India]]; [[Sri Lanka]].
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[[Asia]]: found in [[Nepal]], peninsula [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]]..
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''C. f. festivus'':
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:*Lowlands and hills of south-western [[Nepal]] and most of [[India]]
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*''C. f. tantus'':
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:*[[Sri Lanka]]
  
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==Taxonomy==
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Light forests and scrub.
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Light deciduous forests and scrub. Also cultivated areas with scattered trees.
  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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It nests in a tree hole, laying 1-2 white eggs.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of ants and wood-boring insect larva. They also eat seeds and fruit.
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====Breeding====
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It nests in a tree hole. The clutch consists of 1-2 white eggs.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2015)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Chrysocolaptes+festivus}}
 
{{GSearch|Chrysocolaptes+festivus}}
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chrysocolaptes]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chrysocolaptes]]

Revision as of 23:59, 3 August 2015

Chrysocolaptes festivus
Photo by Swift
Male bird photographed in Sri Lanka.

Identification

29 cm (11½ in)

  • White hind-neck extends down the back
  • Black shoulder patches continue onto the back to form a V-shape bordering the white
  • Golden-yellow upperparts and wings
  • Black rump and tail
  • White underparts with dark chevron markings
  • White head
  • Dark moustachial stripe
  • Black eye patch that extends down the neck sides
Female
Photo by martinuk
Tissamaharama Tank, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, March 2015

Adult male: red crown
Adult female: yellow crown
Young birds: similar to the female, but duller.

Distribution

Asia: found in Nepal, peninsula India and Sri Lanka..

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • C. f. festivus:
  • Lowlands and hills of south-western Nepal and most of India
  • C. f. tantus:

Habitat

Light deciduous forests and scrub. Also cultivated areas with scattered trees.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of ants and wood-boring insect larva. They also eat seeds and fruit.

Breeding

It nests in a tree hole. The clutch consists of 1-2 white eggs.

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/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2015)

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External Links

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