Darjeeling Woodpecker

It is found in Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Republic of India and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The Darjeeling Woodpecker is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Darjeeling Woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Republic of India and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Description - A medium-sized pied woodpecker with yellow neck sides. Black upperparts with large white, scapular patches and white barred flight feathers and tail sides. Male has red nape patch. More

Hill Partridge, Kalij Pheasant, Darjeeling Woodpecker, Great Barbet, Golden Throated Barbet, Drongo Cuckoo, Tawny Owl, Eurasian old photograph of the villageSparrow hawk, Black Eagle, Common Kestrel, Common Green Magpie, Grey Tree pie are some important species found in the region. Places to see in Lava: Lava is not a sight seeing destination, its rather a natural destination where the most enjoyable part is the time spend in walking around the forest covered village roads. More

Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis - Female Darjeeling Woodpecker Photographer : More

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Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis = Described by: Blyth (1845) Alternate common name(s): Darjeeling Pied Woodpecker, Brown-throated Woodpecker Old scientific name(s): Picoides darjellensis Photographs Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, India - Nov, 2008 More

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Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis = Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, India - Nov, 2008 More

Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis and the Manipur Bush Quail Perdicula manipurensis. The list goes on and on and encompasses Cacher, Dafla Hills, Malabar and Coromandel Coast besides several others. Neighbouring countries too are covered such as Burma. Sri Lanka or its earlier name Ceylon has several birds named after it, such as the Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis. More

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Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopus darjellensis adult male & juvenile male (digital - Wawushan, Sichuan, China) by Christian Artuso More

Leaf-warbler to us and not long after a Darjeeling Woodpecker sat right out in the open in a small tree ready to be photographed. As I thought we were looking for Tragopans I did not bring the camera. After breakfast we started our climb up to Tonglu 3070 m and then trek down through Singelila National Park to Garibas in 4-5 hrs. A flock of school kids and 3 teachers followed us. During our trek down to Garibas we passed some nice forest areas with bamboo. More