Laced Woodpecker and Streaked-breasted Woodpecker

Laced Woodpecker and Streak-breasted Woodpecker are two similar-looking woodpeckers but of different species. Can you spot the difference?

Laced Woodpecker has a blackish mustache which is slightly speckled whitish. The Streaked-breasted Woodpecker also has a blackish mustache that is usually less bold than the Laced Woodpecker. The Streaked Woodpecker has a greener streaked throat.

Laced Woodpecker on the left. Streak-breasted Woodpecker on the right.

I photographed both Laced Woodpecker and Streak-breasted Woodpecker in Kaeng Krachan National Park in April in Thailand.

Streak-breasted Woodpecker, female in Kaeng Krachan National Park Thailand
Female Laced Woodpecker was photographed in Pasir Ris Park in Singapore in November.

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