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The '''Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker''' ('''''Dendrocopos macei''''') is a species of [[bird]] in the [[Picidae]] family.
The '''Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker''' ('''''Dendrocopos macei''''') is a species of [[bird]] in the [[Picidae]] family.
It is found in [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Cambodia]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Laos]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].
It is found in [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Cambodia]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Laos]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[Sikkim]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].


==Description==
==Description==

Revision as of 18:53, 14 August 2010

Fulvous-breasted woodpecker
In Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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D. macei
Binomial name
Dendrocopos macei
(Vieillot, 1818)

The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Description

A medium-sized, pied woodpecker. Upperparts black, heavily barred white. Undertail red, breast und belly buffwith light flank barring and slight side streaking. Withish cheeks partly bordered by black line. Crown red in male with orange forehead, black in female.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

Media related to Dendrocopos macei at Wikimedia Commons