Birdwatching - 1969 馃惁

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馃 The white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)

  • Dendrocopos (Greek): dendron - tree, copt艒 - to hit, beat
  • leucotos (Greek): leukos - white, n艒ton - back

This woodpecker is very similar to its brother, the Great Spotted Woodpecker. However, they have differences. The first is appearance. As the name suggests, this woodpecker has white feathers on its back. In addition, he has a motley bottom. Males also have a long red cap on their heads, unlike the Great Spotted Woodpecker, which has a small cap.

Well, secondly, these are places of residence. This woodpecker loves forests where there are many old, diseased trees with loose bark. And he doesn鈥檛 peck pine cones in winter. It feeds on insects, nuts and berries.

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