Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus

Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus

Lesser Yellownape, Shemgang, Bhutan, March 2008 - click for larger image

Bhutan
March / April 2008

The Lesser Yellownape is distributed along the Himalayas to south and east China, southwards to Indochina, the Malaysian Peninsula and Sumatra and in the highlands of east and west India.

It is found in a wide variety of habitats from forest to woodland and gardens.

Its most striking feature is the yellow nape with a red border on the rear crown. Upperparts are green while below is greyish with green bars. The male has a red forecrown and malar which is lacking in the female.

There is a recording on xeno-canto and additional information is available via Avibase.

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