Grey-Headed Woodpecker

Picus canus jessoensis (Stejneger, 1886)

2014-03-29 VKO Katon-Karagay	© Vladimir Vorobyov

Description

Green on upper parts less deep than canus, grey tinge on mantle is more expressed than canus, often more gray than green.

Distribution

Breeds on Southwest Altai and in pine forests of Kalbinskiy Altai. Probably this race on dispersing reaches the South-Eastern Trans-Balkhash where was recorded at Lepsy village in August 1926.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург. Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000.