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white barring on the outer two pairs of feathers. The face is white and the throat and underparts are a uniform cinnamon or rufous. The lower belly is black barred with white and the under-tail converts are red or pink. The iris is chestnut, the upper mandible of the beak is black and the lower mandible grey, and the legs are grey or olive.
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The rufous-bellied woodpecker ranges in length from about 19 to 23 cm (7.5 to 9.1 in). The male has a red crown while the female has a black crown, speckled with white. Both sexes have a black mantle and back, while the wings are black barred with white. The upper tail is black, with some
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The rufous-bellied woodpecker has a wide range but is generally an uncommon bird. It has disappeared from part of its former range because of the clearing of the deciduous forest necessary for its survival. The population trend is thought to be downwards, but the
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441:has assessed its conservation status as being of "
592:"Comments on sap-sucking by woodpeckers in India"
492:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681105A92892942.en
358:Rufous-bellied woodpecker @ Pangoot, Uttrakhand
518:Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide
439:International Union for Conservation of Nature
619:Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society
596:Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society
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944:IUCN Red List least concern species
569:"Sap sucking by Indian woodpeckers"
541:Zusi, R.L.; Marshall, J.T. (1970).
520:. Firefly Books. pp. 219–220.
478:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
306:and subtropical or tropical moist
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921:Dendrocopos-hyperythrus
732:Dendrocopos_hyperythrus
718:Dendrocopos hyperythrus
688:Dendrocopos hyperythrus
613:Osmaston, B.B. (1916).
516:Gorman, Gerard (2014).
471:Dendrocopos hyperythrus
231:Dendrocopos hyperythrus
187:Dendrocopos hyperythrus
959:Birds of the Himalayas
655:10.3126/njz.v7i2.60802
402:hoary-throated barwing
398:rufous-winged fulvetta
366:Quercus semecarpifolia
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938:Categories
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648:(2): 1–7.
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449:References
292:Ussuriland
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664:2705-4411
288:Manchuria
264:Hong Kong
163:Species:
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95:Eukaryota
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338:Ecology
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296:Vietnam
276:Myanmar
240:Picidae
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