Dendrocopos darjellensis

The yellow-necked Woodpecker has two subspecies, Dendrocopos darjellensis and Darjeeling Woodpecker。

Yellow-necked woodpecker is a resident bird, active alone or in pairs, mostly in the middle and lower parts of the tree, and rarely to the upper and higher parts of the tree. It feeds mainly on insects and worms, but also other small animals。

Yellow-necked woodpeckers nest in tree holes, nest holes by the parent birds themselves, laying 2-4 eggs per clutch, the size of the eggs is 26.5-29×19-20 mm, average 27.8×19.6 mm。

Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2012 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Not Threatened (LC).

It was included in the List of Beneficial Terrestrial Wildlife under State Protection or of Important economic and scientific research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

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The yellow-necked woodpecker is distributed in Gongshan, Babo, Lushui, Pangma, Yaojiaping, Tengchong, Yingjiang, Lijiang, Longchuan, Nujiang, Lancang and Xinping in Yunnan, Qamdo in Tibet, and western and southwestern Sichuan. Outside China, it is found in Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, India, northern Myanmar, and northern Vietnam.
Yellow-necked woodpecker mainly lives in the mountain coniferous forest and coniferous broad-leaved mixed forest, and the altitude is more than 1500 meters to about 3000 meters.

Yellow-necked woodpecker males have a narrow white band on the forehead, a red band on the pillow, and black on the rest of the head and upper body. The shoulder and wing spots are white, the cheeks are stained white, the back of the ear cover and the side of the neck are orange-yellow, forming a distinct yellow spot on the neck. The jaws are broad, thick and black. Chin, throat and foreneck yellowish or dirty brown, without markings chest, flanks and abdomen yellowish skin, with thick black longitudinal lines; Undertail cover orange-red.
Yellow-necked woodpecker The female is similar to the male, but the pillow is not red. The baby bird is red from top of head to pillow. Others resemble adult birds.
Yellow-necked woodpeckers have dark red irises for males and reddish-brown for females. Bare skin around eyes SLATE gray or lead. The upper mouth is dark SLATE brown, the tip is black, the base is lighter, SLATE blue. Undermouth dark corner lead color, to the base becomes pale gray.