Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus is larger and has bolder and more uniform streaking below than Fulvous-breasted WoodpeckerD. macei. Male has red crown and nape, black in female. Stripe-breasted Woodpecker occurs northeast India to southwest China and Vietnam. Nominate resident western and southern Yunnan. Prefers open pine forest but also occupies edges of open broadleaved forest, clearings with trees, and cultivated land, from 800–2200 m (2,630–7,220 ft.), locally down to 230 m (760 ft.). Photo: female atratus, Ruili, Yunnan, China, February. (Craig Brelsford)The upper mantle of Stripe-breasted Woodpecker is unbarred and the white bars are narrower than the black ones. In Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker barring extends to top of mantle and white bars are thicker than the black ones. Ruili, Yunnan, February. (Craig Brelsford)Female Stripe-breasted Woodpecker performing various actions. Clockwise from top L: foraging upside down, striking classic woodpecker pose, holding arthropod prey, and chiseling a trunk. Ruili, Yunnan. (Craig Brelsford)
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