Animal Fact Files's video: Black Woodpecker Facts: a KEYSTONE species Animal Fact Files

The black woodpecker is the largest living woodpecker from the Palearctic region. This woodpecker fills the same ecological niche as the pileated woodpecker in North America. Learn more black woodpecker facts in today's episode of Animal Fact Files! Scientific Name: Dryocopus martius Range: northern Palearctic/Eurasia Habitat: prefers mature forests but lives opportunistically in other areas, as well Size: 30 inch (76cm) wingspan on average and weigh about 11 ounces (312g) Diet: carpenter ants, other insect larvae Threats: birds of prey, martens, etc. Lifespan: unknown but likely 10 years (more information needed!) ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, get their video requests moved to the top of our request list, and more! ✨ 👉 https://www.patreon.com/animalfactfiles There's more to learn! Exclusive videos on social media: 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@animalfactfilesyt 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/animalfactfiles 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles 📚 Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- Black Woodpecker SIZE and APPEARANCE 0:00 Black Woodpecker PECKING and DIET 0:35 Black Woodpecker LIFE CYCLE 1:29 Black Woodpecker THREATS 2:08 Black Woodpecker KEYSTONE SPECIES 2:32 Black Woodpecker CALL 3:10 Thanks / Outro 3:20 --- Image and Video Credits: Peter von Bagh - https://flickr.com/photos/petervonbagh/26004111616 hedera.baltica - https://flickr.com/photos/hedera_baltica/51358872328 xulsecu_g - https://flickr.com/photos/59161444@N05/20944883822 bkaree1 - https://flickr.com/photos/bkaree/49836903463 Natuur Digitaal (Marc Plomp); Stichting Natuurbeelden - https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/727515 Bene Riobó - https://vimeo.com/442977280 ; https://vimeo.com/435712933 Mr. Dinkleman - https://vimeo.com/89257422 Philippe Kurlapski - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dryocopus_martius_02.jpg Scops - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dryocopus_martius_distr.PNG John Leffmann - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ASpillkr%C3%A5ka_trummar_-_Dendrocopos_martius..ogg Gonzalo Mucientes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJQjfDkdV1E 小林明弘Forestnaturevision - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUYQc8XrROY ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyHXhHZd8ok Pascal Vagner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s04wf2gXO28 ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM2El3NsW4I klankbeeld - https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/513284 PrirodnyInstinkt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-7rAgskzwI Jakub Macháň - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUgLEy3zzlE Research Credits: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bird-conservation-international/article/black-woodpecker-dryocopus-martius-habitat-selection-in-the-italian-alps-implications-for-conservation-in-natura-2000-network/ED2AFD5A34086A4EFAEC5E86CCD27973 https://lintulehti.birdlife.fi:8443/pdf/artikkelit/367/tiedosto/of_77_65-70_artikkelit_367.pdf https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-5208-8_18 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1993.tb02113.x?casa_token=qba1tBx-b4wAAAAA:7rdybV3bIWIgts3CDk8BVLBvhMjaQSKvBzrGwaHGMjEeGBm2tsAug_EyGH4hs3XCZxDyJWqL3LlnC4tm https://lintulehti.birdlife.fi:8443/pdf/artikkelit/517/tiedosto/of_70_155-162_artikkelit_517.pdf https://bioone.org/journals/ardea/volume-95/issue-1/078.095.0103/Habitat-use-Home-Ranges-and-Census-Techniques-in-the-Black/10.5253/078.095.0103.full https://www.getalper.com/animal/black-woodpecker/ https://www.planetofbirds.com/piciformes-picidae-black-woodpecker-dryocopus-martius https://birdmongolia.com/birds/black-woodpecker https://ebird.org/species/blawoo1 https://www.upmforestlife.com/species/black-woodpecker https://alum.mit.edu/slice/why-dont-woodpeckers-get-concussions https://www.livescience.com/19586-woodpecker-skull-concussions.html