Woodpeckers of Europe: White-backed Woodpecker

Here is a selection of superb photos of a male White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos taken on 21 November 2007, by Jari Peltomäki, in Oulu, Finland. First: adult male.

As the name suggests...

this blog is dedicated to the ten species of woodpecker (Picidae) that breed in Europe: nine resident species and the migratory Wryneck. Eight of these ten species also occur outside Europe, with the distribution of Three-toed, White-backed, Lesser Spotted, Great Spotted, Black and Grey-headed Woodpeckers stretching eastwards from the western Palearctic region into Asia, whilst Syrian is found in the Middle East and Asia Minor and Wryneck winters in Africa. The global ranges of Green and Middle Spotted Woodpeckers are more limited being confined to the Western Palearctic.

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Scroll down to see a sample PHOTO for each species. More photos are included in the archived topics.