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Grey-headed Woodpecker
Picus canus · Family Picidae
Picus canus
Family Picidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 367,833
- Countries and territories with records
- 73
About this species
This species has 367,833 occurrence records from 73 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (30.9%), India (10%), Norway (9%), Finland (9%) and South Korea (5.3%); together they account for 64.2% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.11% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Picus canus combines the genus name Picus with the species epithet canus. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Picus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Picus viridis, Picus sharpei and Picus chlorolophus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 230 species of the family Picidae. This species ranks 21st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Dryobates pubescens. Its record count is close to the family average (400,653). The family Picidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.