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Picus canus
Male - darkish-green above; crimson forehead; black hind-crown, faint crest and nape; dark sides of head and black malar stripe; yellow rump, white barred dark wings and blackish tail; unmarked, dull greyish-olive underbody diagnostic. Female - black from forehead to nape, no crimson. Photo taken at Sattal, Uttarakhand, India
Deciduous and temperate forests
Info taken from: Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh By – Bikram Grewal, Sumit Sen, Sarwandeep Singh, Nikhil Devasar and Garima Bhatia
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