Arabian woodpecker
Appearance
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker | |
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Species: | D. mahrattensis
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Dendrocopos mahrattensis |
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.