Himalayan Woodpecker

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Himalayan Woodpecker
Female at Guna Pani (8,500 ft.) in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae Genus: Dendrocopos Species: D. himalayensis
Binomial name
Dendrocopos himalayensis (Jardine & Selby, 1835)

Male at Bhandakthaatch (8,500 ft.) in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India

The Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.

[edit] Habitat

Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests.

[edit] Description

A medium sized, pied woodpecker. Black above with broad white patches from shoulder to lower back, limited white barring on flight feathers and clean white tail edgings. Underparts and head plain pale buff with black Y-shaped mark on neck and cheeks, red crown in male and black in female. Black marks under eyes unique. Vent pink.

[edit] Source

• BirdLife International 2004. Dendrocopos himalayensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.

[edit] Gallery

Pair at nest in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India

Male carrying food in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India

Female at ground at Guna Pani (8,500 ft.) in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India

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