Freckle-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos analis (Bonaparte, 1850)

Freckle-breasted Woodpecker, Dendrocopos analis, is a woodpecker of the Oriental Region, breeding from southern Myanmar through Indochina to the Andaman Islands, Java and Bali. It belongs to the family Picidae and was described by Bonaparte in 1850. It is a medium-sized pied bird with black upperparts marked by strong white barring. The undertail is red, while the breast and belly are buff with faint flank barring and slight streaking at the sides. The cheeks are whitish and partly edged with black. The male has a red crown and orange forehead, and the female has a black crown.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Breeding range

Oriental Region: s Myanmar to Indochina, Andaman Is., Java and Bali