#0559 · 🐦 birds

Great Spotted Woodpecker

🇳🇱 Grote bonte specht ·Dendrocopos major

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The great spotted woodpecker ( Dendrocopos major ) is a medium-sized woodpecker with pied black and white plumage and a red patch on the lower belly. Males and young birds also have red markings on the neck or head. This species is found across Eurasia and parts of North Africa. Across most of its range it is resident, but in the north some will migrate if the conifer cone crop fails. Some individuals have a tendency to wander,...

base stats

NL sightings 2,290iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 156,613iNaturalist observations
weight 89 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 2,290 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #28 most seen of the birds in NL.
156,613 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 89 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).