Adult male © Luke Seitz eBird S43635293 Macaulay Library ML 89715001
Adult female © Nitin Chandra
Adult male © Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok
Adult female © Tommy Pedersen
Adult female © Mike Prince
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Adult © Anonymous

Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus

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Identification

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Medium-sized woodpecker with a colorful crest. Coloration varies considerably based on range, but always look for a bright yellow hindcrest, overall greenish coloration, and white-barred chest. Greater Yellownape is significantly larger with an all-gray belly. Forages along trunks, branches, and on the ground in forested lowlands and foothills; sometimes accompanies mixed-species foraging flocks. Listen for its oddly raptor-like “pyeeeah.”

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