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#1178 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker

🇳🇱 Drieteenspecht ·Picoides tridactylus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © Leonid · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The three-toed woodpecker ( Picoides tridactylus ) is a medium-sized woodpecker.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,730iNaturalist 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.
  • 3,730 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
Nederlands
Drieteenspecht
scientific name
Picoides tridactylus
class
Aves
order
Piciformes
family
Picidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
2,563
sightings worldwide
3,730
GBIF records in NL
18
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

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

relatives· Picidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 17669, Wikidata Q210418, GBIF 2477804, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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