One of the 7 woodpeckers on WAnimals
Birds · Piciformes · Picidae
Dendrocopos major
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
Its distinctive territorial drumming, made by striking its bill against resonant branches as often as 40 times a second, is possible thanks to specialised adaptations of the skull and tongue.
Weight
80 g – 85 g
Size
22 cm – 23 cm
Life expectancy
2 years
Diet
Omnivore
Combines animal and plant food depending on availability.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
AI-generated images: illustrations, not photographs.
Sources consulted: Bird Database · World Species · Wild Online Blog · Binocular Base · AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · Animalia.bio · Wikipedia (Great spotted woodpecker) · Birds of the World
Best time: All year round; from February to May it is easily located by the drumming with which the males mark their territory.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 256.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Great Spotted Woodpecker — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about great spotted woodpecker.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
