Pale-headed woodpecker
| Pale-headed woodpecker | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Gecinulus |
| Species: | G. grantia
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| Binomial name | |
| Gecinulus grantia (Horsfield, 1840)
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The pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia) is a species of
Picidae
.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is a bamboo specialist,[2][3] and a montane bird.[4]
A
sister species to the olive-backed woodpecker (Dinopium rafflesii).[5]
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