Acorn Woodpecker

base stats

• NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 70,980iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

• ✈️No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
• 🌍70,980 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by William Swainson in 1827 (199 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Acorn Woodpecker

Nederlands

Eikelspecht

scientific name

Melanerpes formicivorus

class

Aves

order

Piciformes

family

Picidae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

sightings in NL

0

sightings worldwide

70,980

GBIF records in NL

0

weight

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length

—

lifespan

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named

1827 by William Swainson

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.