Biology:Necklaced woodpecker

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Short description: Species of bird

Necklaced woodpecker
Crimson-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos cathpharius) (8077151664).jpg
From Wawu Shan, Sichuan, China.
Scientific classification edit
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 species of bird in the family Picidae. 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]

Taxonomy

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]

References

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