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Streak-throated Woodpecker

Picus xanthopygaeus

IUCN: Least Concern
Streak-throated Woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Uttarakhand · Resized

Scientific name
Picus xanthopygaeus
Family
Picidae, order Piciformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Least Concern

A green woodpecker with a red cap.

  • Spot it Olive-green back, red crown and a streaked throat.
  • Home Forests and gardens.
  • Food web Probes bark for ants and insects.
  • Why it matters Eats ants and bark insects, protecting trees, and leaves holes that other birds use for nests.

Read more: Streak-throated woodpecker on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • IndiaDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2011, in Uttarakhand.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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