• the Following Pages Have Some Identification Markers for Each of the Large Woodpeckers Found in India

• The following pages have some identification markers for each of the Large Woodpeckers found in India

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©www.ogaclicks.com Andaman Woodpecker Identification Tips Andaman Woodpecker : Dryocopus hodgei : Resident of Andaman Islands

Iris is pale yellow, orbital skin greyish

Crimson forehead, crown and crest Long Black bill

Malar area is bright crimson

Upperparts are Sooty Black

Red only on hindcrown and crest Male Legs are slaty

Uppertail is Sooty Black

Underparts are Sooty Black

Female Reference : Birds of Indian Subcontinent ©www.ogaclicks.com Inskipp and Grimmett www.HBW.com Bay Woodpecker Identification Tips Bay Woodpecker : Blythipics pyrrhotis : Resident of North East India Iris is red-brown, orbital skin blue

Pale brownish-buff forehead Dull brown crown, short crest and nape with variable rufous or buff streaking Long bill chisel-tipped, very broad- based, pale yellow or greenish- Darker ear-coverts with pale streaks; yellow, greyish-green base

Side of neck bright crimson Pale brownish-buff chin and throat Upperparts are dark brown to blackish with narrow dark rufous bars, very fine pale shaft streaks Underparts are dark brown with rusty tinge

Shorter bill than male, pale head without red Male

Deep rufous Uppertail is rufous undertail-coverts barred black Legs are greyish black with faint yellowish tinge Female Reference : Birds of Indian Subcontinent ©www.ogaclicks.com Inskipp and Grimmett www.HBW.com Great Slaty Woodpecker Identification Tips Great Slaty Woodpecker : Mulleripicus pulverulentus - Resident of North India (Himachal Pradesh) eastwards through Himalayan foothills. Iris is brown, orbital skin grey Very long, strong bill chisel- tipped, blackish on culmen and head is slate-grey with variable number tip, yellowish on lower of small whitish feather tips looking like mandible and base of upper white spots mandible Pale red cheek patch Creamy to yellow-buff chin and throat Upperparts are slate-grey Small pale streak-like spots on Grey breast Male Underparts are Slate grey

Lacks red on cheeks and red tips on lower throat

Tail is Dark Grey

Legs are blue-grey or greenish grey Female Reference : Birds of Indian Subcontinent Inskipp and Grimmett ©www.ogaclicks.com www.HBW.com Rufous Woodpecker Identification Tips Rufous Woodpecker : Micropternus brachyurus - Resident of Himalayas, North East, East , western Ghats and South West of India Iris reddish to brown, narrow orbital skin grey

short bill, culmen slightly dark brown forehead to nape and short curved, rather narrow-based, crest dark grey, blacker tip red feather tips beneath eye to front of ear-coverts

Dark throat with buff feather tips Upperparts are dark rufous to chestnut, very narrowly Rufous breast without streaking barred black

Legs are blue-grey or bluish-green to brown Male

Lacks red on side of head. beneath eye to front of ear-coverts

Rufous Belly with thin broken bars

Female Reference : Birds of Indian Subcontinent Inskipp and Grimmett ©www.ogaclicks.com www.HBW.com White-bellied Woodpecker Identification Tips White-bellied Woodpecker : Dryocopus javenis hodgsonii - Resident of peninsular India in Western Ghats, South Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha to North Andhra Pradesh Iris is yellow, orbital skin grey

Long bill broad-based, chisel- Deep red forehead to nape and crest tipped, culmen curved, black to grey-black, sometimes pale white streaks on ear-coverts greenish lower mandible

Broad red malar stripe Upperparts are Black

Legs are dark grey or blue-grey Male

White Carpal Patch Forehead and forecrown is black, Red Crest Black bars on flanks and ventral area