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White-headed Woodpecker

Leuconotopicus albolarvatus

The White-headed Woodpecker is a striking bird with a white head and black body. It loves to peck on trees to find yummy insects and make its home in the forest.

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

The White-headed Woodpecker has a striking appearance with an entirely black body contrasting sharply with its pure white head. Males also boast a distinctive red patch on the back of their neck. White wing patches are visible during flight.

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White-headed Woodpecker
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White-headed Woodpecker

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Datos interesantes

These birds prefer to live in tall, fire-scorched pine forests in the mountains.

They often get sticky pine pitch on their white faces from digging into cones for food.

This woodpecker loves pine seeds so much, it hardly pecks for insects like other woodpeckers!

Young White-headed Woodpeckers sport a cool red cap on their heads that disappears with age.

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Pine Seed Seeker

White-headed Woodpecker has a strong, wedge-tipped beak to extract nutritious pine seeds directly from tight cones.

Habilidad

Tree Climber

White-headed Woodpecker has stiff tail feathers that act like a prop, helping them brace securely against tree trunks while climbing.

Habilidad

Sticky Tongue

White-headed Woodpecker can extend a long, barbed tongue covered in sticky saliva to snatch hidden insects from bark crevices.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
21-25 cm
Envergadura
43-48 cm
Peso
0.05-0.07 kg
Esperanza de vida
4-9 años
Top Speed
45 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta
3-7
Incubación
11-14 días

Dieta y alimentación

They munch on tasty pine seeds and dig out hidden insects from tree bark and wood.

Alimentos principales

  • Pine seeds
  • Bark beetles
  • Ant pupae
  • Conifer scale insects
  • Sap

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

depends on

Ponderosa Pine

Pinus ponderosa

for seeds, nesting cavities, and insect prey found in its bark.

hunts

Mountain Pine Beetle

Dendroctonus ponderosae

as a primary food source, extracting them from beneath pine bark.

eaten by

Northern Goshawk

Accipiter gentilis

as a potential avian predator in its forested habitat.

shelters

Northern Flying Squirrel

Glaucomys sabrinus

by using abandoned woodpecker cavities for nesting and roosting.

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Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de White-headed Woodpecker?

21-25 cm

¿Cuál es el envergadura de White-headed Woodpecker?

43-48 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de White-headed Woodpecker?

0.05-0.07 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de White-headed Woodpecker?

4-9 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de White-headed Woodpecker?

45 km/h

¿Qué come White-headed Woodpecker?

They munch on tasty pine seeds and dig out hidden insects from tree bark and wood.

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente White-headed Woodpecker?

Forests

¿Cómo caza White-headed Woodpecker?

Foraging

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