Species profile
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major
Quick answer
1 ex.; Poland, West Pomerania, Gryfino, Banie, between Baniewice and Swobnica; (Table 6) • 1 ex.; Poland, West Pomerania, Gryfino, Banie; (Table 16) • 1 ex.; Poland, West Pomerania, Gryfino, Banie, from Sosnowo southward to Banie; (Table 10) • 1 ex.; Poland, West Pomerania, Gryfino, Banie, between Baniewice and Swobnica; (Table 10).
- Scientific name
- Dendrocopos major
- Family
- Picidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Dendrocopos
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Great Spotted Woodpecker in your journal
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Related species in Picidae
- Abyssinian Woodpecker (Dendropicos abyssinicus)
- Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
- African Piculet (Sasia africana)
- American Three-toed/black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)
- Andaman Woodpecker (Dryocopus hodgei)
- Antillean Piculet (Nesoctites micromegas)
- Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae)
- Arizona Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus arizonae)