Winter ecology of a female White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos (Bechstein).

In the winter of 1977/78, a White-backed Woodpecker ( Bechstein) was observed in the archipelago of southwestern Finland 200 km from its breeding areas. It foraged on insects living in mall dead alder and birches. The potential prey species were identified by rearing the insects from the...

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Main Authors: Nuorteva, Matti, Saari, Lennart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 1996-01-01
Series:Silva Fennica
Online Access:https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/5576