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Black Woodpecker

Dryocopus martius

The Black Woodpecker is a large bird with a shiny black body and a bright red crown. They love to drum on trees to find food and make their homes in forests.

Lebensraum: Forests

Aussehen

The Black Woodpecker is a strikingly large bird, almost entirely jet black with a bright crimson cap on its head. Males have an entirely red crown, while females have red only on the back of their crown. Its pale yellow eye stands out against its dark plumage.

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Black Woodpecker

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

At over half a meter tall, they are Europe's largest and most impressive woodpecker!

Their drumming can be heard from miles away, like a powerful drum solo through the forest!

They can see and follow the hidden tunnels of ants and beetle larvae under bark!

They create big holes in trees that many other forest animals then use as homes!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Black Woodpeckers have a specially designed skull that acts like a shock absorber, protecting their brain from powerful pecking impacts.

Black Woodpeckers have a long, barbed, and sticky tongue that helps them snatch insects from deep within tree tunnels.

Black Woodpeckers have very stiff tail feathers that act like a tripod, bracing them securely against tree trunks while they peck.

Maße und Details

Länge: 45-57 cm
Flügelspannweite: 64-80 cm
Gewicht: 0.25-0.45 kg
Lebenserwartung: 5-10 Jahre
Top Speed: 50 km/h
Gelegegröße: 3-6
Brutzeit: 12-14 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These powerful birds feast mainly on insects found hidden inside trees!

Hauptnahrung

carpenter ants
wood-boring beetle larvae
other insects

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

red wood ant

Formica rufa

Primary prey, excavated from their nests.

shelters

tawny owl

Strix aluco

Uses abandoned nest cavities for nesting.

eaten by

pine marten

Martes martes

May prey on eggs, nestlings, or adult birds.

shelters

parti-coloured bat

Vespertilio murinus

Uses old tree holes for roosting.

Merkmale

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