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).
Stripe-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus) [XC716961]
by Bram Piot from Phou Sam Soum (NE slope), Xiangkhouang, Laos (call)
Stripe-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus) [XC156255]
by Greg Irving from Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, 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.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet