Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Grey-faced Woodpecker (Picus canus) - HBW 7, p. 543
French: Pic cendré
German: Grauspecht
Spanish: Pito Cano
Other common names: Grey-headed Woodpecker(!), Grey-headed Green Woodpecker, Ashy Woodpecker(!); Black-naped (Green) Woodpecker (sobrinus, sanguiniceps)
Taxonomy: Picus canus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Norway.
Has hybridized with P. viridis in C Europe. Races often divided into two main groups, the N “canus group” of two taxa and S & E “guerini group” of seven taxa, with two other isolated forms in the highlands of Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. Races intergrade in many areas. Several other races have been described throughout species’ vast range, but differ in only very minor, insignificant characters; thus, named races perspicuus (Bulgaria), biedermanni (Altai Mts), zimmermanni (NE China), perpallidus (Manchuria, Ussuriland, Korea),.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Picus canus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Norway.
Has hybridized with P. viridis in C Europe. Races often divided into two main groups, the N “canus group” of two taxa and S & E “guerini group” of seven taxa, with two other isolated forms in the highlands of Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. Races intergrade in many areas. Several other races have been described throughout species’ vast range, but differ in only very minor, insignificant characters; thus, named races perspicuus (Bulgaria), biedermanni (Altai Mts), zimmermanni (NE China), perpallidus (Manchuria, Ussuriland, Korea), setschuanus (Sichuan) and gyldenstolpei (NE Indian Subcontinent) do not warrant separation. Eleven subspecies currently recognized.
Has hybridized with P. viridis in C Europe. Races often divided into two main groups, the N “canus group” of two taxa and S & E “guerini group” of seven taxa, with two other isolated forms in the highlands of Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. Races intergrade in many areas. Several other races have been described throughout species’ vast range, but differ in only very minor, insignificant characters; thus, named races perspicuus (Bulgaria), biedermanni (Altai Mts), zimmermanni (NE China), perpallidus (Manchuria, Ussuriland, Korea), setschuanus (Sichuan) and gyldenstolpei (NE Indian Subcontinent) do not warrant separation. Eleven subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- canus J. F. Gmelin, 1788 - Europe (from S Scandinavia and France) E to W Siberia.
- jessoensis Stejneger, 1886 - E Siberia to Sakhalin and N Japan (Hokkaido), S to NE China and Korea.
- sanguiniceps Stuart Baker, 1926 - NE Pakistan, N India and extreme W Nepal.
- canus J. F. Gmelin, 1788 - Europe (from S Scandinavia and France) E to W Siberia.
- jessoensis Stejneger, 1886 - E Siberia to Sakhalin and N Japan (Hokkaido), S to NE China and Korea.
- sanguiniceps Stuart Baker, 1926 - NE Pakistan, N India and extreme W Nepal.
- hessei Gyldenstolpe, 1916 - Nepal E to Myanmar, extreme S China (S Yunnan) and most of Thailand to Vietnam.
- guerini (Malherbe, 1849) - NC China S to C Sichuan.
- kogo (Bianchi, 1906) - C China, from Qinghai E to Shanxi and S to Sichuan.
- sordidior (Rippon, 1906) - SE Tibet E to W Sichuan, S to NE Myanmar and Yunnan.
- sobrinus J. L. Peters, 1948 - NE Vietnam and SE China (Guangxi E to Fujian).
- tancolo (Gould, 1863) - Taiwan and Hainan.
- robinsoni (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) - mountains of C Peninsular Malaysia (Gunung Tahan and Cameron Highlands).
- dedemi (van Oort, 1911) - highlands of Sumatra.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on a tree. Locality Beijing Botanic Gardens, Beijing, China (Northern) (ssp jessoensis)
Jeremiusz Trzaska 5 January 2011 2 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
A male looking for some food on the dry branch. Locality Beijing Botanic Gardens, Beijing, China (Northern) (ssp jessoensis)
Jeremiusz Trzaska 5 January 2011 2 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A side view of a female Locality Maridalen, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp canus)
Eric Roualet 23 January 2011 2 years ago 28 sec 4 -
A male clinging to a trunk of a pine tree. Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (ssp sanguiniceps)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 19 sec 3.8 -
A male extracting something from the base of a tree. Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (ssp sanguiniceps)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 32 sec 3.7 -
A view of a male looking around then flying away Locality Lorenskog, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp canus)
Eric Roualet 2 February 2008 1 year ago 10 sec 3.4
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Male
Locality Novosibirsk Oblast, Western Russia, Russia (ssp canus)
Sergey Pisarevsky 16 April 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
adult high in the canopy
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp hessei)
Marco Valentini 16 March 2013 7 weeks ago 3.5 -
Male.
Locality Vapramäe, Tartu County, Estonia (ssp canus)
Rein Kuresoo 3 November 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
Adult male at the top of a dead trunk
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp hessei)
Alain Fossé 16 February 2007 3 years ago 3 -
Grey-faced Woodpecker on a branch.
Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
Ken Havard 7 February 2008 2 years ago 2.7 -
A Grey-headed Woodpecker, feeding on ants.
Locality North Korea
Gerhard.Tauscher 18 March 2012 1 year ago 2.4
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A bird singing in oak forest Locality Chambord Forest, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
Enrique Pelayo 11 August 2012 34 weeks ago 5 -
Golden-throated Barbet in background Locality Lava, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India
(ssp sanguiniceps)
Niels Poul Dreyer 17 April 2003 11 weeks ago 4 -
Grey-faced Woodpecker, male, song. Locality Arka, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
(ssp canus)
Gerard Gorman 21 May 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Calls by a male. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
(ssp hessei)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 1 year ago 4 -
song Locality Lampertheim, Hesse, Germany
Claus Fischer 11 July 2012 44 weeks ago 3 -
A bird calling in response to whistling a crude imitation of its call. Locality Belgrad Ormanı, Istanbul Province, Turkey
(ssp canus)
Stuart Fisher 29 December 2008 4 years ago 3
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