Streak-throated Woodpecker

Lime-green woodpecker with a gray face and finely scaled underparts. Crown is blood red in males and black in females. Streak-breasted Woodpecker is extremely similar, but has pale eyes, denser streaking, and a thinner pale moustache stripe. Laced Woodpecker is also similarly colored, but has less streaking on the underparts and a warm yellowish suffusion to the green on the neck. Compare streaked underparts with clean throat and breast of Scaly-bellied Woodpecker. Streak-throated inhabits open forest from lowlands up into the foothills, usually in drier areas.

In Sri Lanka, the Streak-throated Woodpecker primarily inhabits open deciduous forests, semi-evergreen forests, secondary growth areas, and plantations like rubber and tea estates, particularly in the lowlands and lower hills, up to an elevation of around 1500 meters; it tends to avoid dense

In Sri Lanka, the Streak-throated Woodpecker primarily feeds on insects like ants and termites, along with occasional small insect larvae, flower nectar, and seeds; they are known to forage both on tree trunks and on the ground, sometimes even climbing over boulders to access their food sources.