Woodpeckers
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major
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.
- Family
- Woodpeckers
- Order
- Piciformes
- Weight
- 75 g
- Habitat
- Woodland
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 56
