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Where does the Gray-headed Woodpecker live?

Picus canus has 363,391 records in 73 countries and territories, from 1816 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Gray-headed Woodpecker
Gray-headed Woodpecker — Dion Art / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPiciformesPicidaePicus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 112,413
India 36,599
Norway 33,023
Finland 32,975
South Korea 19,360
China 18,167
Germany 17,940
Russia 15,961
France 13,515
Estonia 10,420
Ukraine 5,223
Nepal 4,700
Taiwan 4,604
Czechia 4,479
Austria 4,160
Poland 3,623
Thailand 2,574
Romania 2,215
Bulgaria 2,069
Bhutan 1,866
Croatia 1,627
Slovakia 1,432
Hungary 1,328
Slovenia 1,176
Greece 1,031
Türkiye 972
Switzerland 958
Italy 926
Japan 924
Moldova 838
Belarus 621
Latvia 605
Lithuania 601
Vietnam 560
Netherlands 460
Mongolia 437
Bangladesh 374
Serbia 370
Åland Islands 344
Cambodia 273

Showing the top 40 of 73 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.