Sind woodpecker

Weight

51.8 g – 58.5 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

woodlandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

3.5 – 3.75src for Young per litter or clutch

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The sind woodpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPiciformes
5. familyPicidae
6. genusDendrocopos
7. SpeciesDendrocopos assimilis (Blyth, 1849)

Synonyms Dendrocopus assimilis, Picoides assimilis, Picus assimilis, Picus scindeanus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Great spotted woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Picidae

LC, Least Concern

White-backed woodpecker

Dendrocopos leucotos

Picidae

LC, Least Concern

Syrian woodpecker

Dendrocopos syriacus

Picidae

LC, Least Concern

Fulvous-breasted woodpecker

Dendrocopos macei

Picidae

LC, Least Concern

Rufous-bellied woodpecker

Dendrocopos hyperythrus

Picidae

LC, Least Concern

White-winged woodpecker

Dendrocopos leucopterus

Picidae

CompareSind woodpecker vs Great spotted woodpeckerSind woodpecker vs White-backed woodpeckerSind woodpecker vs Syrian woodpeckerSind woodpecker vs Fulvous-breasted woodpecker

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@misc{sind_woodpecker_2026,
  title = {Sind woodpecker (Dendrocopos assimilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sind-woodpecker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}