Pelatuk (Woodpeckers)
White-backed Woodpecker
Dendrocopos leucotos
- epik
- 72 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Old-growth forest indicator species. If you see one, the woods around it are still healthy.
- Populasi
- approx. 1.32–3.35 million mature individuals globally (decreasing trend)
- Habitat
- Old-growth and overmature, relatively open deciduous and mixed forest with a high proportion of standing dead trees and fallen timber; beech/hornbeam/oak forest in central-southern Europe, birch/aspen in northern/eastern range; sea level to ~1,850 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- It is the largest of the "spotted" woodpeckers in the western Palearctic, and males are distinguished from females by a red (rather than black) crown.
- Sebaran
- Eurasia, resident across ~48 countries/territories: central and northern Europe (patchily — Fennoscandia, the Alps, Carpathians, Balkans), across Russia and western Asia to China, Korea, and Japan; extent of occurrence ~40,400,000 km²
- Makanan
- Primarily wood-boring beetle larvae and other insects extracted from dead/decaying wood, supplemented with nuts, seeds, and berries
- Ukuran
- 0,25 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,39 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
