GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
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- Dendrocopos major subsp. anglicus Hartert, 1900 +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. beicki (Stresemann, 1927) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. brevirostris (Reichenbach, 1854) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. cabanisi (Malherbe, 1854) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. canariensis (Koenig, 1889) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. candidus (Stresemann, 1919) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. hainanus Hartert & Hesse, 1911 +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. harterti Arrigoni degli Oddi, 1902 +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. hispanus (Schluter, 1908) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. italiae (Stresemann, 1919) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. japonicus (Seebohm, 1883) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. kamtschaticus (Dybowski, 1883) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. major (Linnaeus, 1758) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. mandarinus (Malherbe, 1857) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. mauritanus (C. L. Brehm, 1855) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. numidus (Malherbe, 1843) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. paphlagoniae (Kummerlowe & Niethammer, 1935) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. parroti Hartert, 1911 +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. pinetorum (C. L. Brehm, 1831) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. poelzami (Bogdanov, 1879) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. stresemanni (Rensch, 1924) +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. tenuirostris Buturlin, 1906 +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. thanneri le Roi, 1911 +
- Dendrocopos major subsp. wulashanicus Cheng, Xian, Zhang & Jiang, 1975 +
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- Description
- Biology
- Ecology and Distribution
- Distribution
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Description
The great spotted woodpecker is the most common and widespread of the British woodpeckers (3). It has black and white plumage, a prominent oval-shaped white patch on each wing, a red patch under the tail; males also have a red patch on the rear of the head (2). Juveniles can be identified by their red crown (2). The main call is a sharp 'kick', which may be repeated. During spring, it can be heard drumming; this sound is produced by beating the bill on a dead branch (3).
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