🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Picus canus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Piciformes
Family
Picidae
Genus
Picus
Species
Picus canus
Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)📸 Photo

Photo: Andrey Tsvirenko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source

Aves🥩 Carnivore

Grey-headed Woodpecker

Picus canus (Grey-headed Woodpecker · ヤマゲラ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)LC (Least Concern)
DDData Deficient
LCLeast Concern
NTNear Threatened
VUVulnerable
ENEndangered
CRCritically End.
EWExtinct in Wild
EXExtinct
Geological Era
Extant
Diet
Carnivore
Length · Height
No data · No data
Mass · Top Speed
No data · No data
Habitat & Fossil Locality
Forests with tall trees

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

  • 💡 As a resident bird found in forests nationwide, it stands out as it clings vertically to large tree trunks along forest trails and spirals upward.
  • 💡 Because it excavates holes and nests in the trunks of tall forest trees, it can be seen in woods with large trees, and it is fond of ants.

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.

#청딱따구리#Picus canus

📖 1. Overview

The Grey-headed Woodpecker is a woodpecker with a gray head and green back, living as a relatively common resident bird in forests nationwide in Korea.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

In male winter plumage, the forehead and sides of the head are gray and the crown is glossy red. The back, shoulders, and rump are green with a golden gloss at the tips of the uppertail coverts, while females lack red on the crown and have black vertical streaks.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

Propping its body with its stiff tail feathers, it clings vertically to tree trunks and spirals up toward the top. It feeds mainly on insects and loves ants, excavating holes in large trees to lay 6–8 eggs in April–June.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

It is listed in the National List of Species of Korea as a relatively common resident bird seen nationwide.

📚 Sources & References

Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.

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DATA & LICENSE

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① Photos: Wikimedia Commons

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② Summaries: Wikipedia

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③ Measurements & IUCN Status

Length, mass, and speed are representative estimates from published literature. Conservation status follows IUCN Red List categories (iucnredlist.org).

④ Silhouettes & Scale Diagrams

Silhouettes on the size comparison stage use open-licensed PhyloPic illustrations and custom body diagrams drawn at an exact 1m = 1m scale.

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