Syrian Woodpecker

Dendrocopos syriacus - Pic syriaque

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Picidés
Genus
:
Dendrocopos
Species
:
syriacus

Descriptor

Hemprich Ehrenberg, 1833

Biometrics

Size
: 23 cm
Wingspan
: 34 à 40 cm.
Weight
: 55 à 82 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Dendrocopos syriacus syriacus (se Europe to Turkey and sw Iran)
Dendrocopos syriacus transcaucasicus (Transcaucasia and n Iran)
Dendrocopos syriacus milleri (se Iran)

Foreign names

Pic syriaque,
Pico sirio,
pica-pau-dos-balcãs,
Blutspecht,
balkáni fakopáncs,
Syrische Bonte Specht,
Picchio rosso di Siria,
balkanspett,
Syriaspett,
ďateľ hnedkavý,
strakapoud jižní,
Syrisk Flagspætte,
syyriantikka,
picot garser de Síria,
Balkanspæta,
dzięcioł białoszyi,
Sīrijas dzenis,
sirijski detel,
Сирийский дятел,
カオジロアカゲラ,
叙利亚啄木鸟,
敘利亞啄木,

Voice song and cries

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pause

Habitat

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

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Sources of information

Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Vol. 7 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
Woodpeckers, an identification guide of the woodpeckers of the world, Winkler Hans, Christie David
Avibase, Lepage Denis
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest