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 looking for some food on the dry branch. Locality Beijing Botanic Gardens, Beijing, China (Northern) (ssp jessoensis)
Jeremiusz Trzaska 5 January 2011 1 year ago 31 sec 4 -
A male on a tree. Locality Beijing Botanic Gardens, Beijing, China (Northern) (ssp jessoensis)
Jeremiusz Trzaska 5 January 2011 1 year ago 33 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 3 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 3 years ago 32 sec 3.7 -
A side view of a female Locality Maridalen, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp canus )
Eric Roualet 23 January 2011 1 year ago 28 sec 3.7 -
A male perched in a trunk, calling, looking around and flying away. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia (ssp hessei)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 37 weeks ago 25 sec 3.4
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Male
Locality Novosibirsk Oblast, Western Russia, Russia (ssp canus)
Sergey Pisarevsky 16 April 2011 12 weeks ago 3.6 -
Male.
Locality Vapramäe, Tartu County, Estonia
Rein Kuresoo 3 November 2011 23 weeks ago 3.5 -
Grey-faced Woodpecker on a branch.
Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
Ken Havard 7 February 2008 2 years ago 2.7 -
Adult male at the top of a dead trunk
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp hessei)
Alain Fossé 16 February 2007 2 years ago 2.6 -
A Grey-headed Woodpecker, feeding on ants.
Locality North Korea
Gerhard.Tauscher 18 March 2012 9 weeks ago 2.4
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Grey-faced Woodpecker, male, song. Locality Arka, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
(ssp canus)
Gerard Gorman 21 May 2011 25 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by a male. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
(ssp hessei)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 36 weeks ago 4 -
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 3 years ago 3
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