Necklaced Woodpecker (Dryobates pernyii) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ForestCavity nestSmall · 31 g

Necklaced Woodpecker (Dryobates pernyii), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Wang.QG, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Necklaced Woodpecker (Dryobates pernyii), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Ian Dugdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Necklaced Woodpecker (Dryobates pernyii), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Mathieu Soetens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Necklaced Woodpecker (Dryobates pernyii), photo 4 — Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Necklaced Woodpecker (Dryobates pernyii), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Necklaced Woodpecker (Dryobates pernyii), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Necklaced Woodpecker (Dryobates pernyii), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Jiao Sun (孙娇), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Necklaced Woodpecker (Dryobates pernyii), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

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.

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When to see the Necklaced Woodpecker

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Necklaced Woodpecker

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

China Thailand Vietnam Laos Myanmar (Burma)

About the Necklaced Woodpecker

The necklaced woodpecker 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.

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Easily confused with

Crimson-naped WoodpeckerDryobates cathphariusThe mantle, back and wings are black, with some white spotting and light barring on the wings and one larger white patch.

Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorThis is the smallest European woodpecker, with adults being 14 to 16.5 cm (5.5 to 6.5 in) long with a wing span of 24 to 29 cm (9.4 to 11.4 in) and weighing 17 to 25 g (0.60 to 0.88 oz).

Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisThe ladder-backed woodpecker is a small woodpecker about 16.5 to 19 cm (6½ to 7½ inches) in length.

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