White-backed Woodpecker
A species of Eurasian Pied Woodpeckers Scientific name : Dendrocopos leucotos Genus : Eurasian Pied Woodpeckers
White-backed Woodpecker, A species of Eurasian Pied Woodpeckers
Botanical name: Dendrocopos leucotos
Genus: Eurasian Pied Woodpeckers
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Description
It is the largest of the spotted woodpeckers in the western Palearctic, 24–26 cm long with wing-span 38–40 cm. The plumage is similar to the great spotted woodpecker, but with white bars across the wings rather than spots, and a white lower back. The male has a red crown, the female a black one. Drumming by males is very loud, calls include a soft kiuk and a longer kweek. 
Size
28 cm
Colors
Black
Red
White
Life Expectancy
3-11 years
Feeding Habits
White-backed Woodpecker primarily feeds on wood-boring beetles, larvae, and other insects, supplementing with nuts, seeds, and berries. They forage by pecking at dead wood to extract prey and display unique adaptations for prying under bark to locate food.
Habitat
The white-backed Woodpecker primarily inhabits old-growth deciduous, mixed, and coniferous forests, particularly those with a high presence of dead trees and fallen timber. They choose mature stands, often older than 80 years, with a preference for terrain that includes steep slopes and proximity to water. These birds are found in regions characterized by temperate climates, including the taiga and montane zones. They show a partiality for swampy woods with specific tree species like ash, alder, oak, hornbeam, aspen, and birch in Eastern Europe. In Southern and Central Europe, white-backed Woodpecker favor light, sunny mixed forests on northwest-facing slopes. In their Asian range, including Siberia and Japan, their habitats range from deciduous forests with birch and willows to natural beech forests. White-backed Woodpecker requires large, continuous areas of suitable forest habitat and can be found from lowlands to high elevations, adapting to various altitudinal gradients across its range.
Dite type
Insectivorous
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Distribution Area
The nominate race D. l. leucotos occurs in central and northern Europe, with the race D. l. lilfordi found in the Balkans and Turkey. Ten further races occur in the region eastwards as far as Korea and Japan. It is a scarce bird, requiring large tracts of mature deciduous forests with high amounts of standing and laying dead wood. Numbers have decreased in Nordic countries. In Sweden, its population decline has caused the Swedish government to enact protection for the species in the national Biodiversity Action Plan.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
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