Darjeeling Woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis)

Other Names (World)
Darjeeling Woodpecker, Darjeeling Pied Woodpecker, Brown-throated Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
23.50 - 25.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,500 - 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam.

West-central Nepal and southern and south-eastern Tibet east to hills of north-eastern India, northern and western Myanmar, western and south-western China (southern Sichuan, western Yunnan) and northern Vietnam (north-western Tonkin).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

Darjeeling Woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis) [XC21888]
by Frank Lambert from Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India (drumming)

Darjeeling Woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis) [XC470399]
by Scott Connop from Sunderview, Eaglenest, Arunachal Pradesh, India (call, song)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged into Picoides. Related to Crimson-breasted Woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius). Other possible relationships require clarification. North-eastern populations average slightly smaller. Birds from western China thus described as subspecies desmursi, but variation is clinal in nature.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

darjellensis (Blyth, 1845) - Nepal to south-eastern Tibet, north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western China and north-western Tonkin.
desmursi (Verreaux, J, 1871) - Central China.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Darjeeling Woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis) - 10 files

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