Necklaced Woodpecker

Dryobates pernyii (Verreaux, J, 1867)

Necklaced Woodpecker Dryobates pernyii is a woodpecker of the Oriental Region and the Palearctic, breeding from north and east Myanmar through north Laos and north-west Vietnam to south, central and north-central China. It is a small member of the family Picidae, with a range that also includes the subtropical and tropical moist forests of lowland and mountain areas. It was once treated as the same species as the crimson-naped woodpecker. Three subspecies are recognised: tenebrosus, pernyii and innixus.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Breeding range

Oriental Region, Palearctic: n, e Myanmar to n Laos, nw Vietnam and s, c, nc China