Yellow-crowned woodpecker
| Yellow-crowned woodpecker | |
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| Male yellow-crowned woodpecker in Mangaon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Leiopicus Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Species: | L. mahrattensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leiopicus mahrattensis (Latham, 1801) | |
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The yellow-crowned woodpecker (Leiopicus mahrattensis) or Mahratta woodpecker is a species of small pied woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent. It is the only species placed in the genus Leiopicus.