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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Dryocopus martius

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae

Genus

Dryocopus

Species

Dryocopus martius

Aves🥩 Carnivore

Black Woodpecker

Dryocopus martius (Black Woodpecker · クマゲラ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)LC (Least Concern)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) · Natural Monument (Korea) «Black Woodpecker»

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

46cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

321g · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Coniferous and mixed forests with old, large trees across boreal and temperate Europe and Asia

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 The dull thud of its pecking on trees is said to echo through the mountains loudly enough to reveal its location by sound alone (Encyclopedia of Korean Culture).
💡 Its body length of about 46 cm is around 1.5 times the long side of an A4 sheet of paper (29.7 cm) (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

📊 Mass & Speed Index (0–100)

⚖️ Mass Index (Blue Whale ~190 t = 100, log scale)30

Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.

#까막딱따구리#Dryocopus martius

📖 1. Overview

The black woodpecker is a large all-black woodpecker about 46 cm long that lives in boreal and temperate forests of Europe and Asia. In Korea, it was once common in forests of the central and northern regions, but logging has reduced it to a very rare resident bird today.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Males have a red crown, while females have red only on the back of the head. Its bill is triangular and pointed, greyish-white with a black tip.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It favors adult beetles and beetle larvae, also eats ants and flies, and occasionally takes fruit. It lays 3–5 eggs in April–June (months 4–6) and incubates them for 14–16 days.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

It is a Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) species and was designated a Natural Monument (Korea) on April 12, 1973 (1973-04-12). Breeding was confirmed at Beopheungsa Temple in Yeongwol in 1989 and at Songnisan Mountain in 1991.