Sumatran Woodpecker (Picus dedemi)
About the Sumatran Woodpecker
The grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus), also known as the grey-faced woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family, Picidae. Along with the more commonly found European green woodpecker and the Iberian green woodpecker, it is one of three closely related species found in Europe. Its distribution also stretches across large parts of the central and Eastern Palaearctic, all the way to the Pacific Ocean and south to the Himalaya and the Malay Peninsula.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 4 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisrecording
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canusrecording
- Laced WoodpeckerPicus vittatusrecording
- Lesser YellownapePicus chlorolophusrecording
- Streak-throated WoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.