Streak-throated Woodpecker

How to identify

Field marks

1. Striped throat; whitish underparts with scaling
2. Green upperparts and a yellowish rump
3. White supercilium and a black-and-white moustachial stripe beside the bill
4. Male has a red crown; female has a blackish crown

Male, female and young

The male has a red crown; the female has a blackish crown.

Similar species

Laced Woodpecker

Laced Woodpecker has fewer stripes on the underparts and a warm yellow wash over the entire neck.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Nepal, Bangladesh

Streak-throated Woodpecker has been recorded at 122 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 9 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Nagarahole National Park – KabiniIndia430 records
2. Corbett NP – DhikalaIndia373 records
3. Corbett NPIndia274 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaNepalBangladeshCambodiaSri LankaVietnamMyanmar (Burma)Bhutan

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) is a species of woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent. It occurs in drier woodland, from lowland to the foothills of mountains.

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