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"Forest Doctor" Big Spotted Woodpecker

"Forest Doctor" Big Spotted Woodpecker

The large-spotted woodpecker (scientific name: dendrocopos major) is also known as red duck, stinky bente wood, flower benter wood, flower peck wood, white flower woodpecker, woodpecker crown, wooden crown.

"Forest Doctor" Big Spotted Woodpecker

The female has a black and blue luster on the top of her head , pillow to the back of her neck , brownish-white ear feathers , and the rest resemble males ( Northeast subspecies ) .

"Forest Doctor" Big Spotted Woodpecker

The male has a brownish-white forehead, white eyes, eyebrows, cheeks, and ear feathers, a black and blue luster on the top of the head, a glowing red spot on the pillow, and a narrow black horizontal band on the back pillow. The back of the neck and the sides of the neck are white , forming a white collar. The shoulders are white, the back is black, and the waist is black and brown with white end spots; The wings are black , the margins are white , the inner wings are square or nearly square white patches , and the mid-cover and large coverts are white on the inner side of the wings , forming a nearly circular large white spot on the inner side of the wing. The central tail feathers are dark brown , and the outer tail feathers are white with black transverse spots. The cheekbones are broad and black, divided backwards into upper and lower branches, the upper branch extending to the back of the head, and the other branch extending downward to the thoracic side. The chin, throat, forebranix to thorax and two flanks are white, the abdomen is also stained white, slightly peachy, and the center of the lower abdomen to the undertail coverts are red.

"Forest Doctor" Big Spotted Woodpecker
"Forest Doctor" Big Spotted Woodpecker

It feeds on tree trunks and thick branches.

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