The White-backed Woodpecker returned to Switzerland from the east in the late 1990s and has since been slowly spreading westwards and northwards. Together with partners in Eastern Switzerland, Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein, the Swiss Ornithological Institute is running a project over a period of several years to investigate the habitat requirements of this woodpecker species in managed forests. The findings of this research are to be used to derive forest management measures that are adapted to the White-backed Woodpecker.
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White-backed Woodpecker
White-backed Woodpecker
White-backed Woodpecker
White-backed Woodpecker
White-backed Woodpecker
The White-backed Woodpecker needs old forests and deadwood: investigation and promotion of a rare woodpecker
Domain
Conservation
Unit
Forest Habitats
Topic
Habitat Promotion, Ecology
Habitat
forest
Project start
2014
Project status
ongoing
Project management
Michael Lanz
Project region
Appenzell Outer-Rhodes, Appenzell Inner-Rhodes, Glarus, Grisons, St Gallen, Schwyz, Zurich, Liechtenstein, Europe
Employees
Species concerned
Unit
Forest habitats
Our Forest team is committed to preserving and promoting Switzerland’s forest habitats for birds. We focus on training and continuing education in forestry, ensure knowledge is transferred into practice and contribute to reducing the deficits of waste wood and dead wood as well as species-specific, special and rare habitats through specific funding projects and land conservation in forests.
