Woodpeckers

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Dryobates minor

The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor) is a 20 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Woodpeckers

Order

Piciformes

Weight

20 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

44

Recorded in Sweden, France, Norway, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Finland, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Denmark, Estonia, Portugal, Poland, Italy, Czechia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria, Ukraine, Switzerland, Slovakia, Greece, Serbia, Croatia, Lithuania, Georgia, Romania, Belarus, Mongolia, Latvia, Åland, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Iran, China, Japan, Algeria, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Moldova, Bosnia and Herz..

Where to see it: Forêt de Bouafroune (Algeria); Ponichala Reserve (Georgia); Grand Park of Tirana (Albania); Fancsikai tavak (forested lakes) és erdőspuszták · Debrecen (Hungary); Parku i Gërmisë (Gërmia Park) (Kosovo).

Photo: (c) Сергей Неклюдов, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist