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Picus canus (Grey-headed Woodpecker)

Synonyms: Pincus canus

Wikipedia Abstract

The grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus), also known as the grey-faced woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family Piciformes.
View Wikipedia Record: Picus canus

Infraspecies

Picus canus canus
Picus canus dedemi (Sumatran Woodpecker)
Picus canus guerini (Black-naped Woodpecker)
Picus canus hessei
Picus canus jessoensis
Picus canus kogo
Picus canus robinsoni
Picus canus sanguiniceps
Picus canus sobrinus
Picus canus sordidior
Picus canus tancolo

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
13
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.98128
EDGE Score: 1.60569
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  136 grams
Birth Weight [1]  7.5 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  70 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [5]  6
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [3]  25 days
Incubation [4]  15 days
Mating Display [6]  Ground and non-acrobatic aerial display
Maximum Longevity [3]  8 years
Snout to Vent Length [3]  12 inches (30 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Ecosystems

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Lasius niger (Black garden ant)[7]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Accipiter gentilis (Northern Goshawk)[7]

Providers

Shelter 
Fagus sylvatica (European beech)[7]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Baruscapillaria picorum[8]
Raillietina zi <Unverified Name>[8]
Tridentocapillaria eurycerca <Unverified Name>[8]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7Ecology of Commanster
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0