Grey-headed woodpecker colour. The typical woodpecker markings are small and not particularly conspicuous. It has a grey head with black moustache, and the male has a red crown. It has a shorter neck, slimmer bill and slightly rounder head than the green woodpecker. Calls made by the European green woodpecker and grey-headed woodpecker resemble each other. The far-carrying territorial song of the grey-headed woodpecker is more melodic and cleaner than the explosive "laughter" of the green woodpecker. The call series consists of ten to fifteen utterances of declining pitch and gradual slowing. The verse may appear melancholic and "dying". The territorial song
Yellow-crowned woodpecker red belly patch. Irregular brown cheek and neck patches. Female has yellowish crown and nape. In male nape scarlet and fore-crown yellow. Yellow-crowned woodpecker The yellow-crowned woodpecker ("Leiopicus mahrattensis") or Mahratta woodpecker is a species of small pied woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent. The Yellow-crowned woodpecker was originally described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801 under the binomial name "Picus mahrattensis". The taxonomic committee of the British Ornithologists' Union have recommended that the genera Leiopicus and "Dendrocoptes" and are combined into a larger "Dendropicos". Some taxonomists place this species in the genus "Dendrocopos". A medium-small (17.5 cm,