How do you identify a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker?

A medium-sized, pied woodpecker. Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker?

The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is a small sized bird weighing about 45 g.

Where can you see a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker?

The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker occurs in 7 countries, including India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan.

What does a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sound like?

You can listen to a field recording of the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.

What birds look similar to a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker?

The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is most easily confused with the Freckle-breasted Woodpecker, the Himalayan Woodpecker and the White-backed Woodpecker.

Is the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker endangered?

The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos macei

Woodpeckers · Piciformes · Uncommon

The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei) is a uncommon woodpecker found in 7 countries, weighing about 45 g. The fulvous-breasted woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae.

Least ConcernUncommonEats invertebratesforestcavity nest45 g

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei), photo 1 — Photo: Mathieu Soetens · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei), photo 2 — Photo: Jagdish Singh Negi · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei), photo 3 — Photo: Mathieu Soetens · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei), photo 4 — Photo: Mathieu Soetens · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei), photo 5 — Photo: Jagdish Singh Negi · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei), photo 6 — Photo: Jagdish Singh Negi · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei), photo 7 — Photo: Jagdish Singh Negi · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei), photo 8 — Photo: Mathieu Soetens · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei), photo 9 — Photo: Mathieu Soetens · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei), photo 10 — Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker

The fulvous-breasted woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India and Myanmar. The freckle-breasted woodpecker was formerly considered conspecific with this species.

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How to identify it

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

What the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sounds like

Recording: Sudipto Roy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

India Nepal Bangladesh Bhutan Pakistan China Myanmar (Burma)

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in February. It is a resident species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker?: A medium-sized, pied woodpecker. Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker?: The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is a small sized bird weighing about 45 g.
Where can you see a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker?: The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker occurs in 7 countries, including India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan.
What does a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sound like?: You can listen to a field recording of the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.
What birds look similar to a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker?: The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is most easily confused with the Freckle-breasted Woodpecker, the Himalayan Woodpecker and the White-backed Woodpecker.
Is the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker endangered?: The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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