Stripe-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus)

Other Names (World)
Stripe-breasted Woodpecker, Stripe-breasted Pied Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
20.50 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1849)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry shrubland, heavily degraded former forest, arable land. From 800 - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos (B), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

North-eastern Indian hills (Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram), and possibly also central and south-eastern Bangladesh, to west, southern and eastern Myanmar and south-western China (western and southern Yunnan), and south to western and central Thailand, Cambodia, southern Laos and south-central Annam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Stripe-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus) [XC716961]
by Bram Piot from Phou Sam Soum (NE slope), Xiangkhouang, Laos (call)

Stripe-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus) [XC531544]
by Ding Li Yong from Doi Lang, near Upper Army Checkpoint, Thailand (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei). Birds from Vietnam have sometimes been separated as subspecies vietnamensis, but available evidence suggests they are not clearly distinguishable.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

atratus (Blyth, 1849) - North-eastern India to Myanmar, south-western China, Thailand, Cambodia and southern Laos.
vietnamensis Stepanyan, 1988 - Vietnam.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Stripe-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus) - 10 files

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