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Arabian woodpecker

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Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
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D. mahrattensis
Binomial name
Dendrocopos mahrattensis
(Bates and Kinnear, 1935)

The Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos dorae) is a species of woodpecker found in the Arabian Peninsula.

Though described to science by Bates and Kinnear, the scientific name is said to be named by St. John Philby after a woman he was fond of.