Bay woodpecker
Blythipicus pyrrhotis (Hodgson, 1837)
The bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis) is a species in the family Picidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 132 g to 170 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the bay woodpecker
- Weight
- 132 g – 170 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.4 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the bay woodpecker live?
Not recorded
What is the bay woodpecker?
The bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
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Is the bay woodpecker endangered?
The bay woodpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the bay woodpecker classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyPicidae
- genusBlythipicus
- SpeciesBlythipicus pyrrhotis (Hodgson, 1837)
Synonyms Picus pyrrhotis
Other names and names in other languages (38)
- نقار خشب الخليجArabic
- نقار الخشب الخليجيArabic
- তামাটে কাঠঠোকরাBangla
- picot d'orelles vermellesCatalan
- datel žlutozobýCzech
- cnocell felyngochWelsh
- Kastanjebrun SpætteDanish
- RotohrspechtGerman
- ruĝorela pegoEsperanto
- Pito orejirrojoSpanish
- roosterähnEstonian
- tuliniskatikkaFinnish
- Pic à oreillons rougesFrench
- prugastokrila žunaCroatian
- Picchio baioItalian
- ヤブゲラJapanese
- raudonausis bėrasis genysLithuanian
- sarkanausu dzenisLatvian
- Burung Belatuk BulanMalay
- သစ်တောက်နီBurmese
- तामे लाहाँचेNepali
- RoodoorspechtDutch
- trollspettNorwegian
- drewniak kasztanowatyPolish
- pica-pau-de-orelha-vermelhaPortuguese
- pica-pau-d'orelhas-vermelhasPortuguese
- Красноухий дятелRussian
- Красноухий блитов дятелRussian
- gera červenoškvrnitáSlovak
- större umbraspettSwedish
- นกหัวขวานแดงหลังลายThai
- Kızıl Yazılı AğaçkakanTurkish
- древняк смугастийUkrainian
- Gõ kiến nâu cổ đỏVietnamese
- 黃嘴噪啄木Chinese
- 黃嘴噪啄木鳥Chinese
- 黄嘴噪啄木鸟Chinese
- 黄嘴栗啄木鸟Chinese
Relatives of the bay woodpecker
Other species in the same genus Blythipicus.
Maroon woodpecker
Blythipicus rubiginosus
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the bay woodpecker?
An adult bay woodpecker weighs 132 g – 170 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the bay woodpecker endangered?
The bay woodpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the bay woodpecker?
The bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis) belongs to the family Picidae in the order Piciformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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