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What the Lesser Yellownape sounds like
ID tip
The lesser yellownape is a largish species at 27 cm in length. It has a typical woodpecker shape. The upperparts are green apart from the bright yellow tufted nape. The neck and breast are green and the belly is whitish, finely barred with green. The rump and tail are blackish. The adult male lesser yellownape has a green head with a white throat. He has red markings above the eye and above the nape, and red moustachial stripes. Females have only a red patch above the ear coverts. Young birds are like the female, but duller. The subspecies occurring in peninsular India has a greyer head.
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When to see the Lesser Yellownape
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Lesser Yellownape
The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Pakistan.
About the Lesser Yellownape
The lesser yellownape is a type of woodpecker which is a widespread and often common breeder in tropical and sub-tropical Asia, primarily the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It ranges from India, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka eastwards to Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. Much of the scientific knowledge gathered about this species is sourced from formal studies in various parts of India.
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Easily confused with
Streak-throated WoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeusA medium-sized, green woodpecker with streaked throat and scaly whitish underparts.
Laced WoodpeckerPicus vittatusThe laced woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
Japanese Green WoodpeckerPicus awokeraThis species reaches about 30 cm in length, with bright green wings and tail, a red or black mustache and crown (as opposed to the black face of the green woodpecker), gray head, neck, and chest, and white underparts with black markings.
Side by side: European Green Woodpecker vs Lesser Yellownape · Grey-headed Woodpecker vs Lesser Yellownape · Lesser Yellownape vs Streak-throated Woodpecker · Japanese Green Woodpecker vs Lesser Yellownape
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