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White-Backed Woodpecker - Dendrocopos leucotos - Witrugspecht
Eurasia.
The following 12 subspecies are being recognized:
Dendrocopos leucotos leucotos - Central- and North-Europe to Southeast-Siberia and Northeast-China;
Dendrocopos leucotos uralensis - West-Ural Mountains to Lake Baikal;
Dendrocopos leucotos lilfordi - South-Europe to Caucasus;
Dendrocopos leucotos tangi - Westcentral-China;
Dendrocopos leucotos subcirris - Hokkaido (Japan);
Dendrocopos leucotos stejnegeri - North-Honshu (Japan);
Dendrocopos leucotos namiyei - South-Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku (Japan);
Dendrocopos leucotos takahashii - Ullung-Do (off South Korea);
Dendrocopos leucotos owstoni - North-Ryukyu Island (Japan);
Dendrocopos leucotos quelpartensis - Jeju-do (off South Korea);
Dendrocopos leucotos fohkiensis - Southeast-China;
Dendrocopos leucotos insularis - Taiwan.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.