Lesser Goldenbacked Woodpecker
Size : 29
We have three of the ten species of woodpeckers there with golden predominance. All three look almost identical and attractive. Of these three, Kalipeeth Soneri Ladkhod and Lalpeeth Soneri Lakkhadkhod occur in the forests of South Gujarat and Dangs. Hence their sightings are rare for most ornithologists. The remaining golden woodpecker is found everywhere except in the arid areas of Saurashtra and Kutch. Also relatively accessible.
This bird is second only to Kabra woodpecker in widespreadity To come. Instead of dark forests, they live in shallow forests and wooded areas, and in tree trunks around villages or farms. Its ki - ki - ki - ki - ki. With such a loud voice one realizes his presence. The ki-ki-ki-ki-ki m loudly speaking, this ladkhod puts a golden Lesotho and catches our eye. Similarly, when he climbs a dark trunk, his golden upper body and the lifting of his red bouquet catch our attention.
Male: head and bouquet red hingla-like, back golden yellow. The neck and tail up to the shoulders are black, white and plenty of black vertical lines in the petals. Beard and neck black with fine white lines, wing edges and ends black. And white stripes in it. The rest of the wing is golden, female: almost like a male, but its forehead and front head are black. White dots in it. Short red bouquet on the back.
Female: Almost like a male. But his forehead and forearm were black. White dots in it. Short red bouquet on the back.
Both males and females have dark stripes across the eyes and white dots in them. A single white stripe above and below this dark stripe. The tail is black and wedge-shaped. Eyes red, legs greenish gray. Breeding season March to July. Permanent Resident, OK Extensive - Gujarat, South Saurashtra
Description
Black-rumped flameback is a large species with a length of 26–29 cm. Its shape is similar to that of a specific woodpecker, and the thick parts of the wings which are golden, look special. Unlike the Greater Flameback, its rump is black, not red. The lower body is white with dark stripes. The neck is black with fine white stripes from which it can be distinguished from any other golden-backed woodpecker found in Indian territory. Its head is white, the back of the neck and throat is black, the part of the eye is gray. Unlike the Greater Flameback (Chrysocoleptes lucidus) it does not have dark stripes instead of mustaches.
Adult males have red-colored crowns and crests of black-rumped flamebacks. Females have black forecrown with white spots that are red only on the posterior crest. Young birds are similar to females but their color is slightly less bright.
Like other woodpecker species, this species also has a straight tip, a stiff tail that supports the tree branches, and also has zygodactyl legs, with two ends forward and two back. Are on the side of Long tongues can be thrown forward to catch insects.
Lucism (lack of pigmentation in skin or hair) has also been observed in these birds. In a specimen obtained from Lucknow, the beak of a female grew abnormally downward and started to look like a hupu.
Subspecies
Compared to the same species found in the Gangetic plains, the species found in the arid regions of northwestern India and Pakistan, dilutum, has a yellowish upper part, a longer crest and a white lower part. There are fewer rashes in the upper part. They like to breed in branches of old and nodular tamarisk, acacia, and dalbergia. The population of this species is found across India at a low altitude of up to 1000 meters. The neck of the southern peninsular form of puncticol is black with small white triangular rashes and the upper part is bright golden-yellow. The subspecies found in the Western Ghats is sometimes classified separately as Tahmine (the name of Salim Ali's wife), from above it is olive colored, abused with white rashes on the neck and lower feathers. These rashes are not visible on the garden. The southern Sri Lankan subspecies D.B. The backs of the sacroids are dark red and the darker marks are more dark and clear. It crosses with Japhanens, a Sri Lankan species with short beaks. I The Sri Lankan species Cyrodes is sometimes considered a separate species, although it is thought to intergrade with Japhanens in Puttalam, Kekirawa and Trincomalee.
Delivery and accommodation
This flameback is found in the plains of up to 1200 meters in the southern and eastern parts of Pakistan, India, Himalayas, which is in the western Assam valley and Meghalaya, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. They belong to open forests and agriculture. They are often seen in wooden dwellings in urban areas. It is rare to be found in the desert areas of Kutch and Rajasthan.
Behavior and Ecology
A female
This species is often seen in pairs or small groups, sometimes even in mixed-species fodder-seeking flocks. They move from the ground to the peaks to find fodder. These insects eat, mainly beetle larvae, also attack termite hives and sometimes nectar they drink and jump around the branches and keep them hidden from the insects by doing activity. Easily accept artificial construction in man-made dwellings, a eat away fallen fruits and residual food.
Breeding time varies with the season and is between February and July. They often make sounds during the breeding season. I Tons are dug by birds to build a nest and its entrance is horizontal, which becomes like a lair inside. Sometimes these birds grab the nest of other birds. I. Nests are also often mired at the ends. Eggs are laid inside the lair. Normally three eggs are laid which are elongated and shiny white. I. The eggs hatch after 11 days of incubation. The babies go away after being in the nest for about 20 days.
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