Iconic Birds
Least Concern
Quick Facts
Dietcaterpillar, Grylloidea, Formica, Myrmicinae, Lasius
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The grey-headed woodpecker, also known as the grey-faced woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family, Picidae. Along with the more commonly found European green woodpecker and the Iberian green woodpecker, it is one of three closely related species found in Europe. Its distribution also stretches across large parts of the central and Eastern Palaearctic, all the way to the Pacific Ocean and south to the Himalaya and the Malay Peninsula.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Top parks for Gray-headed Woodpecker. Sightings recorded in 31 safari areas total.
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