Bird Guide

Darjeeling Woodpecker vs Freckle-breasted Woodpecker

Darjeeling Woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis)

Darjeeling Woodpecker

Dendrocopos darjellensis

Medium71 gForest

A medium-sized pied woodpecker with yellow neck sides. Black upperparts with large white, scapular patches and white barred flight feathers and tail sides. Male has red nape patch. White cheeks and long black moustache extending to upper breast. Black-streaked, yellow-buff below with red vent. Long bill.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Freckle-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos analis)

Freckle-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos analis

Small45 gForest

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

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Photo: sucker69420 · CC BY 4.0

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