Necklaced woodpecker | |
---|---|
![]() | |
From Wawu Shan, Sichuan, China. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Dryobates |
Species: | D. pernyii |
Binomial name | |
Dryobates pernyii (Verreaux, J, 1867) | |
The necklaced woodpecker (Dryobates pernyii) is a small species of woodpecker in the genus Dryobates . It is found in Bangladesh, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. [2]
The necklaced woodpecker is a fairly small (19-21cm), stout, black-and-white woodpecker with buffy underparts. Males have a fiery orange neck patch, a crimson red crown, a muted orange vent, and a red breast patch bordered with a black stripe. Females are duller, though they can sometimes have a pale orange neck and breast patch. The species resembles a miniature Darjeeling woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis) or great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), though it is not closely related to any of them, belonging to a different genus.
It was previously considered conspecific with the crimson-naped woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius). While the two have various amounts of red on head and breast and other distinguishing features, including size. There are three subspecies; D. p. tenebrosus from north and east Myanmar to north Laos, north west Vietnam and south China, D. p. pernyii from central China, D. p. innixus from north-central and east-central China. [2]