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Spotted woodpecker: This is a mottled woodpecker with black back, white shoulders, red tail feathers and white wings. The gender difference is that the pillow of the male bird is scarlet. The beak is strong and sharp; 4 toes, two front and two back, opposite to each other, claw tip; Tail feathers are strong and elastic. Living habits
The behavior of spotted woodpeckers often appears anxious and impatient, and their appearance and expression are not pleasing to the eye. Proud by nature, they are willing to be alone. Even when they are with the same kind of people, they usually avoid any contact and keep away from each other. Woodpeckers like to nest in their own tree holes to accompany their spouses. Usually, they first look for the decaying trees inside, and the male and female birds take turns to work nonstop, pecking through the bark and xylem on the surface until they reach the decaying tree core. Then dig deep into the cave and throw sawdust and sawdust outside with your feet, so that the hole is tortuous and deep, and even a little light can't enter. They lay eggs and feed birds in the darkness at the bottom of the cave. Most newly hatched chicks lie quietly in their nests. After a few days, the sound of their asking for food became very noisy. In order to wait for a feeding brought back by their parents, they often climb to the mouth of the cave and even control half of their bodies to come out of the hole, squeaking for feeding. When the children were able to fly out of the nest, the family lived together for about a month, and finally they left each other and had a separate family.
Main food
In summer, the spotted woodpecker pecks moths, longicorn larvae, moths and insects that destroy the xylem of the trunk. According to the analysis of the feeding habits of the spotted woodpecker in Jiangsu province, it was found that 90.8% of the food in the bird's stomach was longicorn larvae, and the golden needle worm accounted for 8.4%. Especially in the brooding period, the number of longicorn larvae fed by two parents for more than 20 days is as high as 4000! It is no exaggeration for people to affectionately call it "Tree Guardian". In winter and spring, spotted woodpeckers often feed on berries and pine nuts, sometimes pecking around maple, linden, poplar and birch, and sucking flowing juice from the trunk, which occasionally causes some negative effects on trees. However, compared with the benefits, its "harm" is really not worth mentioning. The spotted woodpecker is a key protected animal in Jiangsu Province.
It is the most common resident of woodpeckers in China, widely distributed in central and eastern China and also in northern Xinjiang.
Suitable habitat
China's woodpecker suitable areas are mainly distributed in East China, Central China, South China and other provinces with high forest coverage, accounting for 38.36% of the country's total area. Sub-suitable areas are mainly distributed in eastern Qinghai, central Heilongjiang and eastern Gansu, accounting for 28.91%of the total area of the country; The unsuitable areas account for about 32.73% of the total area of China, mainly distributed in Tibet, Taiwan Province Province, northern Inner Mongolia and most of Xinjiang.
2. The Great Spotted Woodpecker (scientific name: Big Tree Woodpecker) is also known as Red? , smelly rushes, rushes, flowers pecking wood, white-flowered woodpeckers, pecking wood crowns, grabbing wood crowns. Birds, 20 ~ 25 cm long. The upper body is mainly black, with white feathers on forehead, cheeks and ears, and a large white spot on shoulders and wings. The tail is black, the outer tail feather has black and white transverse spots, and the flying feather also has black and white transverse spots. The lower body is white and spotless; The lower abdomen and tail are covered with bright red feathers. The male bird's pillow is red. This species is not listed in the protection list, but it is threatened by illegal hunting. Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that this species has the effects of nourishing deficiency, reducing swelling and relieving pain, which stimulates the hunting of this species. In addition, because this species likes to eat many forest pests, it is called "forest doctor". Many institutions are studying the artificial propagation and introduction of this species, and some institutions have made some progress. habitat
Coniferous forests, mixed coniferous forests and broad-leaved forests inhabiting mountains and plains, especially mixed forests and broad-leaved forests, are also found in secondary forests, sparse forests and shrubs on the edge of forests. [ 1]
distribution range
World distribution
Woodpeckers are distributed in Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India and Iran. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain.
Traveler: Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, USA.
China distribution
Distributed in Xinjiang, northeastern Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Hainan Island. [ 1]
Living habits
Eating habits
It mainly feeds on beetles, bark beetles, locusts, brown beetles, longicorn larvae, Formicidae, mosquitoes, wasps, LEPIDOPTERA, COLEOPTERA and other small invertebrates, and occasionally eats plant foods such as acorns, pine nuts, thick plums and grass seeds.
strange hobby
Woodpeckers often move alone or in pairs, and move in loose family groups in the late breeding period. Most of them feed on trunks and thick branches. When looking for food, people often jump up from the middle and lower part of the tree. If insects are found on the bark or trunk, they will peck at the wood for food quickly, stick their tongues into the cracks in the bark or hook the pests out of the pecked tree holes. If someone is caught pecking at wood, they will go around and hide behind the pecked wood, or continue to climb up. After searching for a tree, they will fly to another tree. When flying, their wings will open and close and move forward in big waves. Sometimes they fall to the ground and feed among the branches and leaves. Shout "benevolence-"