Species factsheet

White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)

Order: Dendrocopos leucotos
Family: Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Danish name: Hvidrygget Flagspætte

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Subspecies and Distribution

leucotos

c and n Europe through central Russia to se Siberia and ne China

uralensis

w Ural Mts. to Lake Baikal

lilfordi

s Europe to the Caucasus

tangi

wc China

subcirris

Hokkaido (Japan)

stejnegeri

n Honshu (Japan)

namiyei

s Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku (Japan)

takahashii

Ullung-do (off South Korea)

owstoni

n Ryukyu Is. (Japan)

quelpartensis

Jeju-do (off South Korea)

fohkiensis

se China

insularis

Taiwan

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