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Streak-breasted Woodpecker

Picus viridanus

30–33 cmMedium
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Bangladesh Sundarbans. From Streak - throated Woodpecker by unmarked or in distinctly marked olive foreneck and upper breast. Other features mentioned in the literature (plainer grey ear-coverts, red eye, more pronounced blackish moustachial, blacker tail) appear to be variable in both Streak-breasted and Streak-throated and may be unreliable in the field. Mangroves. TN Formerly thought to be Laced Woodpecker P. viltBluS.

Colour

OliveGreyRedBlack
Average size
31.5 cm
Behaviour
Resident., Mangroves. TN Formerly thought to be Laced Woodpecker P. viltBluS.

About this bird

Resident. Bangladesh Sundarbans. From Streak - throated Woodpecker by unmarked or in distinctly marked olive foreneck and upper breast. Other features mentioned in the literature (plainer grey ear-coverts, red eye, more pronounced blackish moustachial, blacker tail) appear to be variable in both Streak-breasted and Streak-throated and may be unreliable in the field. Mangroves. TN Formerly thought to be Laced Woodpecker P. viltBluS.

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Streak-breasted Woodpecker is bigger than Black-necked Grebe but smaller than Persian Shearwater.

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Streak-breasted Woodpecker

Picus viridanus

30–33 cm