Ramsay's woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker with a strong beak. It lives in the mountain forests of Central Asia and feeds on insects extracted from wood.
Ramsay's woodpecker helps forests by destroying harmful insects. Its old hollows provide shelter for many other bird species and small animals.
Drills bark and wood with its beak, extracts prey from holes with a long tongue.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
pecking
Worker
Elders
Protrusible tongue coated with adhesive mucus for capturing prey.
Bro
birth time
Taxons
if born as {name}
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
Tongue size
m
Map
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Foraging takes place among trees and woody vegetation.
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age
summer mild, +15…+20 °C
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
birth date
Palearctic realm
live ants of all castes and sizes
Close
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Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
climbing
Dense tree cover forming a closed canopy habitat.
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
beak
adult
Maturity
primary food sources
Beak size
bark
Potential Habitat
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Repro interval
results
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
Colors
Cool summer
Sex
{name} birthday
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
mo
sticky tongue
conifer cones
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caterpillars
Trophic type
Filters
On the map
lunge
all life stages
Female ♀
Palearctic realm
insectivore
Upcoming birthdays
Breeding structure built or used for laying eggs and raising offspring.
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
tongue
birth year
tapping
Maturity
insect larvae and caterpillars
Age (from birth to death)
cones of coniferous trees with seeds
sq mm
yr
Beak color
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Feet color
Wanderers
How similar?
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
forest
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Moving up vertical surfaces like trunks or rocks to reach food.
butterfly and moth caterpillars
from birth to adulthood
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
nest
Lifespan average
What do they eat?
insect larvae
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Plumage color
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Duration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
This is me
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Gamers
Feet count
65 to 130 grams, 25 – 60 centimeters
Pets
How are they built?
mm
Theoretical lifespan
Repeatedly strikes or probes substrate with beak to obtain food.
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Stars
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mountain
My age?
wk
My size?
Lots of rain and cool summer
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
{name} jubilee
Taps or drums on substrate to locate prey or stimulate it to move.
Asexual
swap
cm
Old-timers
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active predation
Wingspan
Eggshell color
turns
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Rascals
Where do they take shelter?
Tail color
celebrated their {n} birthday
insect
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Litter size
Daddies
ants
Lifespan maximum
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
foraging
°C
Not specified
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Where are they found?
Uses the tongue to locate, manipulate, or ingest food items.
embryo
Carrot
Hard, projecting mouthpart used to probe, pluck, or crack food.
Length
kg
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
arboreal
Down color
lots of rain, cool summer, snow in winter
Observations
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