Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Hemicircus canente
Conservation Status
Least ConcernAves · Piciformes · Picidae
About
The heart-spotted woodpecker is a species of bird in the woodpecker family. It has a contrasting black and white plumage, a distinctively stubby body and a large wedge-shaped head making it easy to identify while its frequent calling make it easy to detect as it forage for invertebrates under the bark of the slender outer branches of trees. They move about in pairs or small groups and are often found in mixed-species foraging flocks. They have a wide distribution across Asia with populations in the forests of southwestern and central India which are slightly separated from their ranges in the Himalayas and Southeast Asia.
Fun Fact
It has a contrasting black and white plumage, a distinctively stubby body and a large wedge-shaped head making it easy to identify while its frequent calling make it easy to detect as it forage for invertebrates under the bark of the slender outer branches of trees.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Found in the Himalayan forests of India, and extend into Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Diet
Feed mainly on insects under bark but have been known to peck the pods of Cassia fistula to obtain insect larvae.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance