Necklaced Woodpecker Dryobates pernyii pernyii, male. Necklaced Woodpecker is a small pied woodpecker with a more complete black breastband than Crimson-naped WoodpeckerD. cathpharius. Red on head of male confined to nape, with no reddish tint on rear and sides of neck, as in Crimson-naped Woodpecker. Darjeeling WoodpeckerDendrocopos darjellensis has larger bill and lacks red patch on breast. Necklaced Woodpecker ranges northern Southeast Asia to southern and central China, with nominate in Gansu, Sichuan, and northwest Yunnan, innixus from Qin Mountains in south Shaanxi to Shennongjia in western Hubei, and tenebrosus western and southern Yunnan. Often found on lower and smaller branches and even on bushes. Photo: Xining (28.565748, 103.608345), Sichuan, elev. 1600 m (5,260 ft.), May. (Craig Brelsford)Comparison of nape and hindneck of three western China woodpeckers. All males shown here—Necklaced Woodpecker Dryobates pernyii (L), Crimson-naped WoodpeckerD. cathpharius (C), and Darjeeling WoodpeckerDendrocopos darjellensis (R)—have crimson napes. In Necklaced Woodpecker, red coloration is confined to nape, whereas Crimson-naped Woodpecker has reddish coloration on hindneck and neck sides. Darjeeling Woodpecker has black hindneck and yellow neck sides. (Craig Brelsford)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
MacKinnon, John. Guide to the Birds of China. Oxford University Press, 2022.
Winkler, H. and D. A. Christie. Family Picidae (Woodpeckers). P. 480 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliot, and J. Sargatal, eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, 2002.
