Fulvous-breasted woodpecker

The fulvous-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.^[2] It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India and Myanmar.^[3] The freckle-breasted woodpecker was formerly considered conspecific with this species.

Fulvous-breasted woodpecker
In Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Dendrocopos
Species:	D. macei
Binomial name
Dendrocopos macei (Vieillot, 1818)

Description

A medium-sized, pied woodpecker. Upperparts black, heavily barred white. Undertail red, breast and belly buff with light flank barring and slight side streaking. Withish cheeks partly bordered by black line. Crown red in male with orange forehead, black in female.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Gallery

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  At Narendrapur near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  Female in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  In Kolkata
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  In Chitawan National Park, Nepal.