Heart-spotted Woodpecker
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| Hemicircus canente (Lesson, 1830) |
The Heart-spotted Woodpecker (Hemicircus canente) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
[edit] Habitat
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
[edit] Description
A small, uniquely shapped, black and buff woodpecker with large, prominently recurved crest on head and very short tail. Basically black with heart-shaped black spots on white shoulders and broad white scapular patches and barring of flight feathers. Whitish throat and plain grey underparts. Female has white forecrown.
[edit] Source
- BirdLife International 2004. Hemicircus canente. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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