Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Stripe-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus) - HBW 7, p. 478
French: Pic à poitrine rayée
German: Streifenbrustspecht
Spanish: Pico Estriado
Other common names: Stripe-breasted Pied Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Dryobates atratus Blyth, 1849, Tenasserim.
Genus sometimes merged into Picoides. Forms a superspecies with D. macei. Birds from Vietnam have sometimes been separated as race vietnamensis, but available evidence suggests they are not clearly distinguishable; further study required. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Indian hills (Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram), and possibly also C & SE Bangladesh, to W, S & E Myanmar and SW China (W & S Yunnan), and S to W & C Thailand, Cambodia, S Laos and SC Annam.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male bird foraging on a branch. Locality Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 24 November 2010 2 years ago 33 sec 3.4 -
A bird in a tree and flying away. Locality Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 24 November 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 3.2 -
A male moving up a bamboo cane Locality Yingjiang, Yunnan, China (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 11 November 2007 5 years ago 16 sec 2.7 -
A male in a tree Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 November 2004 6 years ago 22 sec 2.5
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Side profile view showing stripes on the abdomen and white area on the side of the head and neck
Locality Makunda Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam, India
Vijay Anand Ismavel 20 June 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
Male stripe breasted woodpecker puts its head out of a hole being made in a bamboo pole.
Locality Makunda Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam, India
Vijay Anand Ismavel 10 July 2010 2 years ago 3
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