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Yellow-crowned woodpecker (Leiopicus mahrattensis)
The yellow-crowned woodpecker (Leiopicus mahrattensis) or Mahratta woodpecker is a species of small pied woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent.

Piciformes, Picidae:
 - The word for "woodpecker" in Ancient Greek is pikos (πῖκος or πικὸς).
 - The family name comes from the Latin word picus, which means "woodpecker"
Leiopicus comes from Ancient Greek: leios, meaning "smooth" or "beardless" and pikos, meaning "woodpecker".
The specific epithet mahrattensis is from Marhatta, a historical region in the modern Indian state of Maharashtra.