Bangladesh (B), Bhutan (B), Cambodia (B), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Laos (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Sri Lanka (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).
Northern and peninsular India and lower foothills of Himalayas in southern Nepal east to Myanmar and southern China (western Yunnan), and south to Sri Lanka, south-western Thailand; also Cambodia, southern Laos and Cochinchina.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Streak-throated Woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) [XC234183]
by Peter Boesman from Idukki, Kerala, India (call)
Streak-throated Woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) [XC473460]
by Ramkeekovai from Thattekad Bird Sanctuary--Urulanthanni, Idukki County, Kerala, India (song)
Subspecies
Species name sometimes erroneously given as Picus myrmecophoneus, a junior synonym.