Wildlifeof Bhutan
Pale-headed Woodpecker
Barbets & Woodpeckers
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Gecinulus grantia
Basic stats
Habitat
Montane bamboo specialist, in subtropical or tropical dry and moist lowland forest
Range
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam
The pale-headed woodpecker is a bamboo specialist and a montane bird, found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and moist lowland forest (Wikipedia, general species account).
A molecular study published in 2017 found it embedded within the genus Dinopium, as a sister species to the olive-backed woodpecker. The short source read gives no size, plumage, diet or breeding detail, so none is stated, and the entry is kept as short as the evidence allows.
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Pale-headed Woodpecker live in?
- Montane bamboo specialist, in subtropical or tropical dry and moist lowland forest
- Where is the Pale-headed Woodpecker found?
- Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam