Grey-headed Woodpecker

Picus canus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
GenusPicus (Green Woodpeckers and Allies)
SpeciesPicus canus (Grey-headed Woodpecker)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Kiskunság National Park

3 Verified records at Kiskunság National Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus), also known as the grey-faced woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family, Picidae. Along with the more commonly found European green woodpecker and the Iberian green woodpecker, it is one of three closely related species found in Europe. Its distribution also stretches across large parts of the central and Eastern Palaearctic, all the way to the Pacific Ocean and south to the Himalaya and the Malay Peninsula. The grey-headed woodpecker is more demanding than the European green woodpecker in terms of its habitat. It prefers deciduous forest with a high proportion of dead trees, feeding primarily on ants, although not being as exclusively dependent on this group as the green woodpecker. The grey-headed woodpecker's nest is typically excavated into dead or severely damaged trees. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kiskunság National Park

Picus viridis

Dendrocopos major

Dryocopus martius

Dryobates minor

Dendrocopos syriacus

Jynx torquilla

Dendrocoptes medius

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Fewer than 5 records of Grey-headed Woodpecker at Kiskunság National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	30–40%
2	Royal Manas National Park	🇧🇹 Bhutan	20–30%
3	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	10–20%
4	Kaeng Krachan National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	10–20%
5	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	10–20%
6	Jiuzhaigou National Park	🇨🇳 China	10–20%
7	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	10–20%
8	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	5–10%
9	Namdapha National Park	🇮🇳 India	5–10%
10	Royal Bardia National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	5–10%
11	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	5–10%
12	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	5–10%
13	Cat Tien National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	5–10%
14	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	5–10%
15	Ba Be National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	<5%
16	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	<5%
17	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	<5%
18	Langtang National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	<5%
19	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
20	Doi Inthanon National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	<5%
21	Khangchendzonga National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
22	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	Insufficient data
23	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	Insufficient data
24	Kerinci Seblat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	Insufficient data
25	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data

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Grey-headed Woodpecker

Closest Relatives at Kiskunság National Park

Green Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Black Woodpecker

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Syrian Woodpecker

Eurasian Wryneck

Middle Spotted Woodpecker

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☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found