White-backed Woodpecker

Dendrocopos leucotos - Pic à dos blanc

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Picidés
Genus
:
Dendrocopos
Species
:
leucotos

Descriptor

Bechstein, 1802

Biometrics

Size
: 28 cm
Wingspan
: 38 à 40 cm.
Weight
: 100 à 115 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

Subspecific information 12 subspecies

Dendrocopos leucotos leucotos (c and n Europe through central Russia to se Siberia and ne China)
Dendrocopos leucotos tangi (wc China)
Dendrocopos leucotos fohkiensis (se China)
Dendrocopos leucotos insularis (Taiwan)
Dendrocopos leucotos lilfordi (s Europe to the Caucasus)
Dendrocopos leucotos subcirris (Hokkaido. Japan.)
Dendrocopos leucotos stejnegeri (n Honshu. Japan.)
Dendrocopos leucotos namiyei (s Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. Japan.)
Dendrocopos leucotos takahashii (Ullung-do. off South Korea.)
Dendrocopos leucotos quelpartensis (Jeju-do. off South Korea.)
Dendrocopos leucotos owstoni (n Ryukyu Is.. Japan.)
Dendrocopos leucotos uralensis (w Ural Mts. to Lake Baikal)

Foreign names

Pic à dos blanc,
Pico dorsiblanco,
pica-pau-de-dorso-branco,
Weißrückenspecht,
fehérhátú fakopáncs,
Witrugspecht,
Picchio dorsobianco,
vitryggig hackspett,
Hvitryggspett,
ďateľ bielochrbtý,
strakapoud bělohřbetý,
Hvidrygget Flagspætte,
valkoselkätikka,
picot garser dorsiblanc,
Drumbspæta,
dzięcioł białogrzbiety,
baltmugurdzenis,
belohrbti detel,
Белоспинный дятел,
オオアカゲラ,
白背啄木鸟,
大赤啄木〔白背啄木〕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Boreal, Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)