Scaly-bellied Woodpecker
Picus squamatus Vigors, 1831
Picidae — Woodpeckers
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker, Picus squamatus, is a woodpecker of the Palearctic in south-central Asia, with a breeding range in the region. It occurs across Afghanistan, Iran, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Turkmenistan. It is a large green woodpecker with scaling from breast to vent. The throat and upper breast are unstreaked, which helps separate it from the streak-throated woodpecker. It also has a black moustache, white supercilia, a strongly barred tail and a large pale bill. The male has a red crown, while the female’s is blackish.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae — Woodpeckers
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: sc Asia
