About the Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
The yellow-crowned woodpecker or Mahratta woodpecker is a species of small pied woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent. It is the only species placed in the genus Leiopicus.
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A medium-small (17.5 cm, 6.9 inches, 28-46 grams, 1–1.6 ounces), pale-headed, pied woodpecker. Upper-parts black, heavily spotted and barred white. Underparts dark, streaked dingy white with red belly patch. Irregular brown cheek and neck patches. Female has yellowish crown and nape. In male nape scarlet and fore-crown yellow.
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Where the Yellow-crowned Woodpecker lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Vietnam.
When to see the Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Peak activity in February · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
White-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cactorumThe adult white-fronted woodpecker is about 17 cm (7 in) in length.
Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalusThe olive woodpecker is mostly plain, and lacks many of the patterns typically observed in other woodpecker species.
Chestnut-colored WoodpeckerCeleus castaneusThe chestnut-colored woodpecker is 21.5 to 25 cm (8.5 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 80 to 105 g (2.8 to 3.7 oz).
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