Syrian woodpecker
dendrocopos syriacus latin

It is much harder to distinguish Syrian Woodpecker from Great Spotted Woodpecker.

The Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) is a member of the woodpecker family, the Picidae.

It can also be confused with the Syrian Woodpecker (particularly juveniles), being distinguished from this by the smaller bill, and the red crown not having narrow black sides.

The female Himalayan Woodpecker (D. himalayensis) is also similar, but it can be distinguished by the same characteristics as the female Syrian Woodpecker.

The Syrian Woodpecker's food mainly consists of those insects which bore into the timber of forest trees, such as the larvae of wood boring moths and beetles.

The only species that are quite similar are the Syrian Woodpecker (D. syriacus) and the White-winged Woodpecker (D. leucopterus).

SYRIAN WOODPECKER Dendrocopos syriacus.

Behind the nearby village of Aammiq are woods where Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopus syriacus) and Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus) can be found.

However, the latter species lacks the white shoulder patch, having an all-white lower back instead; it also has a less well-developed zigzag stripe on the neck, just like the Syrian Woodpecker.

When hidden by the foliage, the Syrian Woodpecker's presence is often advertised by the mechanical drumming, a vibrating rattle, produced by the rapidly repeated blows of its strong bill upon a trunk or branch.

Females can be distinguished from female Syrian Woodpeckers and White-winged Woodpeckers in the same way as males; the female Sind Woodpecker (D. assimilis) also looks similar but does not have the zigzag stripe reaching the nape.

The Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) is a member of the woodpecker family, the Picidae.

SYRIAN WOODPECKER Dendrocopos syriacus.