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Brown-fronted Woodpecker

Barbets & Woodpeckers

Leiopicus auriceps

Basic stats

Habitat

Temperate forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest

Range

Lower to middle Himalayan altitudes across northern India, in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bhutan

The brown-fronted woodpecker is a medium-sized pied woodpecker with yellow in the crown. Males have a brown forecrown with a yellow centre and red at the rear, with a black rear neck, and females have an all-yellow crown. The vent is deep pink (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is found mainly at lower to middle Himalayan altitudes across northern India, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan, in temperate forest and subtropical to tropical moist montane forest. The source gives no size, diet, behaviour or breeding detail. Some authorities place it in Dendrocopos, others in Leiopicus (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What habitat does the Brown-fronted Woodpecker live in?
Temperate forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
Where is the Brown-fronted Woodpecker found?
Lower to middle Himalayan altitudes across northern India, in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bhutan
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