Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Woodpeckers and Allies :: White-backed Woodpecker

White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos

Described by: Bechstein (1803)
Alternate common name(s): Lilford's Woodpecker, Owston's Woodpecker
Old scientific name(s): Picoides leucotos

Photographs

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Range

Temperate e. Europe to Japan and Kamchatka Peninsula;
Many isolated populations at the e. and w. extremities of its range;
(1) N. Europe (s. Scandinavia in w. Norway, Sweden and Finland) s. to Germany, Poland-Belarus border in the Biatowieza Forest, e. Switzerland, Austria, ne. Italy, n. Serbia, Hungary and Romania in the Carpathian Mountains to c. Russia) e. through the tiaga to s. Siberia, n. Mongolia, ne. China, Korea and Sakhalin Is. Isolated population on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
(2) Locally in the Pyrenees, c. Italy, Balkans from Yugoslavia, e. through Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary (Borzsony), Russia (Caucasus, Transcaucasus) and Asia Minor in w. and n. Turkey (n. Anatolia, Taurus Mountains) and w. and n. Iran.
(3) C. China (Sichuan).
(4) S. Kuril Is. and n. Japan (Hokkaido).
(5) C. Japan (nc. Honshu).
(6) S. Japan (s. Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) and Quelpart Is. (Cheju-do) off s. Korea.
(7) Dagelat Is. (Ullng do) off e. Korea.
(8) N. Ryukyu Is. (Amami-oshima).
(9) Se. China (Fujian).
(10) Taiwan.

Videos

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Sounds

Taiwan - Date unknown Source: Wayne Hsu

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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