grey-headed woodpecker
grey-faced woodpecker
picus canus latin

Grey-headed woodpeckers live in leaf forests and mixed forests.

In summer, the grey-headed woodpecker eats maggots, beetle larvae and other insects.

For the former, see African Grey-headed Woodpecker.

You may see rare ospreys, grey-headed woodpeckers or black-throated divers on your strolls; the park is also a habitat to elk and nocturnal flying squirrels.

Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), breeding attested (1)

It can be distinguished from the similar, but smaller, Grey-headed Woodpecker by its yellowish, not grey, underparts, and the black lores and facial 'mask'.

Readily distinguished from all other birds of region, except Grey-headed Woodpecker, by combination of green plumage, conspicuous yellow-green rump in flight, and red on head.

The Sibley-Monroe checklist has two birds called "Grey-headed Woodpecker", Dendropicos spodocephalus and Picus canus.

The Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), also known as the Grey-faced Woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family Piciformes.

Amongst the most important species of bird are the Middle and Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, the European Green Woodpecker and the Grey-headed Woodpecker.

GREY-HEADED WOODPECKER Picus canus.

The more common European Woodpeckers are Great Spotted Woodpecker, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, European Green Woodpecker and Black Woodpecker.

In Europe, its green upperparts and yellow rump can lead to confusion with the Grey-headed Woodpecker or possibly female Golden Oriole, though the latter is smaller and more slender with narrower wings and longer tail.

Spanish race sharpei has grey cheeks with narrower black moustaches; North African race levaillanti, treated by some as a species, similar, but male lacks red moustache and female has red only on nape or back of crown (fortunately Grey-headed Woodpecker does not extend S of the Loire).

The Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), also known as the Grey-faced Woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family Piciformes.

Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), breeding attested (1)

The Sibley-Monroe checklist has two birds called "Grey-headed Woodpecker", Dendropicos spodocephalus and Picus canus.

The Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), also known as the Grey-faced Woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family Piciformes.

GREY-HEADED WOODPECKER Picus canus.