Grey-headed Woodpecker
Picus canus
Least ConcernAves · Piciformes · Picidae
About
The grey-headed woodpecker, also known as the grey-faced woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family, Picidae. Along with the more commonly found European green woodpecker and the Iberian green woodpecker, it is one of three closely related species found in Europe. Its distribution also stretches across large parts of the central and Eastern Palaearctic, all the way to the Pacific Ocean and south to the Himalaya and the Malay Peninsula.
Fun Fact
It prefers deciduous forest with a high proportion of dead trees, feeding primarily on ants, although not being as exclusively dependent on this group as the green woodpecker.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Found in wide parts of central, northern and eastern Europe, as well as a wide belt south of the boreal coniferous forests across Asia all the way to the Pacific coast, Sakhalin and Hokkaidō.
Diet
To be updated
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance