Piciformes / Picidae / Dendrocopos
White-winged Woodpecker
Dendrocopos leucopterus · 白翅啄木鸟
China: Level II
IUCN: Least Concern Found in China
Distribution & Habitat
This species occurs across Central Asia, with populations in Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It inhabits temperate forests as well as subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- Genus
- Dendrocopos
Distribution
Aral Sea to Lake Balkhash, northeastern Afghanistan, and far western China
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.
