Great Spotted Woodpecker

The great spotted woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker with pied black and white plumage and a red patch on the lower belly, 20–24cm long with a 34–39cm wingspan, weighing 70–98g. Males and young birds also have red markings on the neck or head, and the upperparts are glossy blue-black with white patches (Wikipedia, general species account).

It occurs in all types of woodland and eats a variety of foods, extracting seeds from pine cones and insect larvae from inside trees, or taking the eggs and chicks of other birds from nests. The typical clutch is four to six glossy white eggs. Across most of its range it is resident, though in the north some migrate if the conifer cone crop fails. Like other woodpeckers it chisels into trees for food, excavates nest holes and drums for contact and territorial advertisement. The source does not describe its status in China (Wikipedia, general species account).