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Dendrocopos mahrattensis
Medium-sized, pale-headed, pied woodpecker. Upperparts black, heavily spotted and barred white. Underparts dark, steaked dingywithe with red belly patch. Irregular brown cheek and neck patches. Female has yellowish crown and nape. In male nape scarlet and fore-crown yellow.
Thickets like in the Goshala area of Tal Chappar, Churu, Rajasthan
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Spotted on Nov 2, 2014
Submitted on Dec 4, 2014
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