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Picoides tridactylus (Three-toed Woodpecker)


English:  Three-toed Woodpecker, Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
Russian: Трехпалый дятел
Mongolian: Гурванхумст овууна, Гурван хумст тоншуул

German: Dreizehenspecht  

French: Pic tridactyle

Japanese:  ミユビゲラ (Miyubi-gera)

Body length: 21-24 cm

Breeds in coniferous and mixed forest with some older spruce stands and (often dying) deciduous trees. Food mostly insects; specializes on larvae of spruce bark-beetle, often strips dead spruces; also drills rings of holes in spruces to get at the sap. Usually shy. Nest entrance 4 ½ x 5 cm.

Identification: Almost as big as Great Spotted Woodpecker. Rather dark-looking because wings are very dark and flanks are diffusely vermiculated grey. Head-side, too, looks dark with its broad black bands. Note white panel from nape and right down entire back. ♂ has pale lemon-yellow crown, crown of ♀ is black-streaked. Variation: In C Europe (ssp. alpinus) white back-panel is vermiculated.

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