Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) - HBW 7, p. 486
French: Pic de l’Himalaya
German: Himalajaspecht
Spanish: Pico del Himalaya
Other common names: Himalayan Pied Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Picus himalayensis Jardine and Selby, 1835, Mussoorie, near Dehra Dun, northern India.
Genus sometimes merged into Picoides. Forms a superspecies with D. major, D. syriacus, D. leucopterus and D. assimilis. Races intergrade in N India. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- albescens (Stuart Baker, 1926) - NE Afghanistan (Safed Koh) and N Pakistan to Himachal Pradesh.
- himalayensis (Jardine & Selby, 1835) - E Himachal Pradesh E to W Nepal.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male working a trunk for food, and finding it Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
Eldert Groenewoud 21 October 2009 3 years ago 33 sec 4.2 -
A female stealing sap of a tree, out of a series of holes that was created by Rufous-bellied Woodpecker. Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp himalayansis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 23 sec 4 -
female foraging on trunk Locality Vinayak, Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp himalayansis)
Martin Kennewell 6 April 2012 16 weeks ago 31 sec 3.6 -
A male stealing sap of a tree, out of a series of holes created by Rufous-bellied Woodpecker. Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp himalayansis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 18 sec 3.5
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Male adult, side view perched on top of bare oak.
Locality Briddh Jageshwar, Almora District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp albescens)
Allan Hopkins 11 April 2012 1 year ago 4 -
Woodpecker showing her backside.
Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp himalayensis)
Regis Nossent 26 December 2008 1 year ago 3.3 -
Male probing the wet grass for insects after a heavy spell of rainfall.
Locality Nainital, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
Kavi Nanda 3 July 2010 45 weeks ago 2.8 -
A male climbing a tree trunk.
Locality Himachal Pradesh, India
Carmelo López 2 June 2010 2 years ago 2.3 -
A female climbing a tree trunk.
Locality Himachal Pradesh, India (ssp himalayensis)
Carmelo López 31 May 2010 2 years ago 1.9
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