The Magellanic woodpecker is the largest woodpecker in South America. This bird lives in forests in southern Chile and Argentina.
The Magellanic royal woodpecker differs from other woodpeckers in its larger size and red crest in males. It is important for the forest as it creates tree hollows for other animals.
Drills bark and wood with its beak and extracts prey with a long tongue.
meadows, prairies, forb glades on land
pecking
Worker
birth time
very cold, short summer, lots of moss
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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summer mild, +15…+20 °C
Polar tundra
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
live ants of all castes and sizes
days
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
Warm summer
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
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.
beak
adult
Maturity
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
insects
About health
cool, lots of coniferous trees, snow in winter
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Repro interval
results
summer warm and almost no rain
summer warm, winter not very cold
Colors
Cool summer
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
mo
Trophic type
Filters
Upcoming birthdays
Breeding structure built or used for laying eggs and raising offspring.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
high in the mountains, cold, lots of grass and shrubs
tongue
tapping
rains almost always, very humid
Age (juvenile)
insect larvae and caterpillars
Age (from birth to death)
Age (embryo)
Feet color
Wanderers
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
fruits
Lifespan average
Montane grasslands
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
Wings color
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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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
very cold, lots of snow and ice
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Pets
Repeatedly strikes or probes substrate with beak to obtain food.
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.
cm
Temperate coniferous forest
Crest color
Old-timers
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Wingspan
turns
Rascals
terrestrial forest
terrestrial herbaceous
Tail color
Litter size
ants
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
°C
Not specified
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Where are they found?
Summer almost without rain
lots of rain, cool summer, snow in winter
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
Very cold
Taxons
seeds, berries, fruits
almost no rain in summer, more precipitation in winter
if born as {name}
Foraging takes place among trees and woody vegetation.
cold, short summer, almost no trees
age
birth date
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
climbing
Neotropical realm
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
Neotropical realm
Beak size
bark
Potential Habitat
d
In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
lots of rain, summer not hot
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
Gestation
from 130 grams to 0.5 kilograms, 0.35 – 0.8 meters
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Nearctic realm
No results found
North America and Greenland, from tundra to forests
On the map
lunge
Pleasant summer
Female ♀
all life stages
insectivore
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.
Beak count
birth year
Maturity
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
Beak color
comfortable summer, +20…+25 °C
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
Tundra
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
Moving up vertical surfaces like trunks or rocks to reach food.
from birth to adulthood
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
nest
What do they eat?
insect larvae
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
from birth to death
Plumage color
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
Temperate mixed forest
Duration
live insects
This is me
Warm summer with almost no rain
Always very wet
Gamers
How are they built?
Cool summer and lots of rain
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
terrestrial
Asexual
swap
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
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When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
foraging
whole life
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Uses the tongue to locate, manipulate, or ingest food items.
embryo
Hard, projecting mouthpart used to probe, pluck, or crack food.
Zucchini
summer warm, many oaks, birches, maples
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
arboreal
Observations
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