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Streak-throated Woodpecker

Barbets & Woodpeckers

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Picus xanthopygaeus

Basic stats

Habitat

Drier woodland, from lowlands to mountain foothills

The streak-throated woodpecker is a medium-sized green woodpecker with a streaked throat and scaly whitish underparts. It is green above with a yellowish rump, white eyebrows and a white-and-black moustache, a dark, plain tail and a smallish dark bill. The male has a red crown and the female a blackish one. It is told from the streak-breasted woodpecker by its darker eyes, less dense streaking below and broader moustache (Wikipedia, general species account).

The cached species account gives little on its behaviour or breeding (Wikipedia, general species account).

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What habitat does the Streak-throated Woodpecker live in?
Drier woodland, from lowlands to mountain foothills
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