Basic Information
Scientific classification
- Chinese name: Golden-crowned Woodpecker
- Scientific name: Dendropicos xantholophus, Chloropicus xantholophus, Golden-crowned Woodpecker, Yellow-crested woodpecker
- Classification: Climbing birds
- Family and genus: Chloropicus, order Versiformes, family Chloropicidae
Vital signs data
- Body length: No verification information available.
- Weight: No verification information available.
- Lifespan: No verification data available.
Significant features
Distribution and Habitat
The golden-crowned woodpecker is found in south-central Africa, including the southern Arabian Peninsula and the entire African continent south of the Sahara Desert (Tropic of Cancer).
Appearance
The head is also large, but the neck is relatively long. The beak is strong and straight, chisel-shaped, and the tongue is long and retractable with short hooks at the tip. The legs are relatively short, with 3 or 4 toes. The tail is flat or wedge-shaped, with stiff and flexible feather shafts that support the body when pecking wood.
Detailed introduction
The Golden-crowned Woodpecker, scientifically known as Dendropicos xantholophus or Chloropicus xantholophus, and also called Yellow-crested Woodpecker, primarily feeds on pests such as longhorn beetles, clearwing moths, and jewel beetles that bore into the trunks of trees. Its specific habits are unknown.
Listed in the IUCN Red List of Birds, version 3.1, 2009.
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