Olive-backed Woodpecker

Gecinulus rafflesii

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear Threatened

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The olive-backed woodpecker has yellow-green upperparts and gray-olive underparts. The side of the head has two black and white stripes. The male has a large red crest, the female has a smaller black crest.

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When to see the Olive-backed Woodpecker

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Olive-backed Woodpecker

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Olive-backed Woodpecker

The olive-backed woodpecker is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae that is found in Southeast Asia.

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