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Streak-throated Woodpecker
Picus xanthopygaeus (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)
Picidae — Woodpeckers
Streak-throated Woodpecker, Picus xanthopygaeus, is a woodpecker of the Oriental Region, breeding from India and Nepal to southern Thailand and Cambodia. It is associated with drier woodland from lowland areas up to foothills. The bird is marked by a streaked throat and scaly whitish underparts. Its upperparts are green with a yellowish rump, and it shows white supercilia and a white-and-black moustache. The crown is red in the male and blackish in the female. It has a dark, plain tail and a small dark bill.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae — Woodpeckers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: India and Nepal to s Thailand and Cambodia
