Streak-breasted Woodpecker
Picus viridanus
Medium-sized green woodpecker with delicate scale-like patterning on the underparts. Sexes differ primarily in crown color; male’s is red, female’s is black. Very similar in appearance to Streak-throated and Laced Woodpeckers; note this species’ combination of unpatterned yellow throat, patchy-looking “mustache” stripe, and well-marked breast. Habitat preferences also differ; Streak-breasted favors lowland evergreen broadleaf forests, as well as coastal scrub forest and mangroves. Like other similar “Asian green woodpeckers”, frequently forages close to, or on, the ground. Gives a harsh, resonant “tchik, tchik”, often in series, as well as an explosive rattling.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Picus viridanus
- Authority
- Blyth, 1843
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- Genus
- Picus
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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