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https://www.vogelwarte.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/3390_1.jpg16001200The Grey-headed Woodpecker, together with the Eurasian Green Woodpecker, belongs to the ground woodpeckers that mainly forage on the ground. Although it is as large as the Eurasian Green Woodpecker, the secretive Grey-headed Woodpecker is more difficult to locate. It is most likely to betray its presence with its melancholy sounding series of calls which gradually drop in pitch. Comparatively little is known about its habits.