Stripe-breasted Woodpecker

How to identify

Field marks

1. Gray-yellow throat, breast and belly with conspicuous black streaks
2. Whitish face; black moustachial stripe extends to the side of the breast
3. Red undertail-coverts
4. Long, pointed gray bill

Male, female and young

The male has a red crown and nape, black in the female; juveniles have grayer underparts and pink or orange undertail-coverts.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February and December · Most records: Thailand, China, Vietnam

Stripe-breasted Woodpecker has been recorded at 61 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 6 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (W), AKA Doi San JuThailand901 records
2. Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (W) level part / "Oasis"Thailand290 records
3. Doi Inthanon NP – Mae Ouam (Km 34.5)Thailand278 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ThailandChinaVietnamMyanmar (Burma)LaosBhutan

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The stripe-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family, Picidae. It is found in Southeast Asia within subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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