The Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (Leiopicus mahrattensis) or Mahratta Woodpecker is a species of small pied Woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent.
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Taxonomy 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.
Description Medium-sized, pale-headed, pied Woodpecker. Upperparts black, heavily spotted and barred white. Underparts dark, streaked dingywithe with red belly patch. Irregular brown cheek and neck patches. Female has yellowish crown and nape. In male nape scarlet and fore-crown yellow.