Streak-throated Woodpecker
The streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) is a species of woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent. It occurs in drier woodland, from lowland to the foothills of mountains. == Description == 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. Smallish, dark bill. == Similar species == The streak-breasted woodpecker has pale eyes, denser underpart streaking, and a thinner pale moustache stripe. The laced woodpecker has less underpart streaking and a warm yellowish hue all over the neck. The scaly-bellied woodpecker has streaked belly feathers, but unstreaked breast and throat plumage.
Valmiki National Park
Ramnagar, India
+128 birds+30 mammals
Where the Himalayan foothills soften into the Ganges plains, dense sal forests rise above meandering rivers and grassland mosaics that […]
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Devikulam, India
+127 birds+30 mammals
Where the Western Ghats rise into perpetual mist, rolling grasslands stretch across the high plateaus of Kerala’s southern reaches. This […]
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Kanha Kisli F.V., India
+126 birds+29 mammals
Where sal forests give way to emerald meadows and crystalline streams carve through ancient valleys, one of India’s finest wilderness […]
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Kohora, India
+129 birds+30 mammals
Dawn breaks over the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where tall grasslands stretch endlessly beneath monsoon-heavy skies. This sprawling wilderness of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPampadum Shola National Park
Vattavada, India
+125 birds+30 mammals
Where misty shola forests cling to the high plateaus of the Nilgiri Mountains, ancient evergreen remnants create a world apart. […]
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Hirehalli, India
+135 birds+30 mammals
Where the Western Ghats descend into the Deccan plateau, ancient deciduous forests blanket a landscape carved by the Nugu River. […]
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Nalkeri Forest, India
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where granite escarpments rise above dense deciduous forests and the Kabini River carves through pristine wilderness, one of India’s most […]
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