#0721 · 🐦 birds

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

🇳🇱 Kleine bonte specht ·Dryobates minor

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Sergey Yeliseev · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Алексей Эбель · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Leonid · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Sergey Yeliseev · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Tatiana Bulyonkova · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Tatiana Bulyonkova · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Vitaliy Khustochka · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The lesser spotted woodpecker ( Dryobates minor ) is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. It was formerly assigned to the genus Dendrocopos (sometimes incorrectly spelt as Dendrocopus ). Some taxonomic authorities continue to list the species there.

base stats

NL sightings 103iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,537iNaturalist observations
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).