LOCAL NAMES

• Kaha Pita Maha Kerala, කහ-පිට මහ කෑරළා, සුදු ගෙලැසි මහ කෑරළා, কাঠঠোকরা, कठफोड़वा के बा, 啄木鸟, PIVERT, SPECHT, ΔΡΥΟΚΟΛΑΠΤΗΣ, વૂડપેકર, कठफोड़वा, ಮರಕುಟಿಗ, വുഡ്പെക്കർ, PICCHIO, वूडपेकर, ДЯТЕЛ, ਵੁੱਡਪੈਕਰ, PÁJARO CARPINTERO, மரங்கொத்தி, వడ్రంగిపిట్ట, AĞAÇKAKAN, نقار الخشب
• Czech datel zlatoramenný
• Dutch Witnekspecht
• English White-naped Woodpecker
• English (United States) White-naped Woodpecker
• French Pic de Goa
• French (French Guiana) Pic de Goa
• German Goldschulterspecht
• Japanese セグロコガネゲラ
• Malayalam പാണ്ടൻ പൊന്നി മരംകൊത്തി
• Norwegian hvitnakkespett
• Polish sułtan białogrzbiety
• Russian Золотокрылый дятел-султан
• Serbian Beloramena vatroleđa žuna
• Slovak zlatoš bielochrbtý
• Spanish Pito Dorsiblanco
• Spanish (Spain) Pito dorsiblanco
• Swedish vitnackad sultanspett
• Turkish Sarı Kanatlı Ağaçkakan
• Ukrainian Дзьобак індійський

DESCRIPTION

Chrysocolaptes festivus, Uncommon, four-toed, large-billed, golden-backed woodpecker. Associated with open wooded habitat all over its range, but often difficult to find. Endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. a conspicuous white nape with a contrasting black border, and a divided black horizontal stripe below the cheek. Often detected by its uniform trill. It nests in a tree hole, laying one or two white eggs. Their calls are like … Locally named Kaha Pita Maha Kerala.