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Great Spotted Woodpecker

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451016993_67a536eb1c.jpg?v=0 (120818 bytes) Alternate name
Dendrocopos major Scientific name 
Piciformes                     Order
Picidae                  Family   
23-26 cm Length
Forest, gardens 0 - 2,500 m in Europe & Asia. Habitat-Range
5 -7 creamy-white eggs. Clutch  
Insects, larvae, nuts and seeds, small creatures, birds eggs and chicks. Takes suet,  from feeders. Food   Diet
Habits
639 - TSN: 554048 World Number
Least Concern Status
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Embedded sound Great Spotted Woodpecker call
(Dendrocopos major)
Niels Krabbe XC25631
24-05-1982, Denmark

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Pica pau malhado grande by GRLima.

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Arabic: نقار الخشب السوري
Asturian: Picaniellu, Picu
Azerbaijani: Iri (Iri ala) ağacdələn, Iri ağacdələn, Iri ala ağacdələn
Belarusian: strakaty dziacieł, Вялікі дзяцел, стракаты дзяцел
Bulgarian: goljam p"st"r k"lvač, Голям пъстър кълвач
Breton: Ar pilkoad bras, Drailher-koad, pilkoad bras
Catalan: Picot garser gros
Czech: Strakapoud velký
Welsh: Cnocell brith, Cnocell brith mwyaf, cnocell fraith fwyaf, Cobler y coed, Coblyn mwyaf, Coblyn y coed, Cymynwr y coed, Delor fraith, Taradr y coed, Tyllwr y coed
Danish: Stor flagspætte
German: Buntspecht, Grosser Specht, Rotspecht
Greek: [pardalotsiklitara], pardalotsiklitara, Παρδαλοτσικλιτάρα, Πευκοδρυοκολάπτης
English: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great woodpecker, Greater Pied Woodpecker, Red-crowned Pied Woodpecker
Esperanto: granda buntpego
Spanish: Carpintero Picapinos, Pico Picapinos
Estonian: Suur-kirjurähn
Basque: okil handi, Okil handia, Picot garser gros
Finnish: Käpytikka
Faroese: Spetta, Stoór flekkuspæta, stór flekkuspæta
French: Pic épeiche
Friulian: pic de corone
Frisian: grutte eksterspjocht
Irish: mórchnagaire breac, peto real
Gaelic: Snagan Daraich
Galician: Peto real, Picot garser gros
Manx: Snoggeyder, snoggeyder mooar
Hebrew: נקר עקוד
Croatian: veliki djetao, Veliki Djetlic, Veliki Djetlić
Hungarian: Nagy fakopáncs
Armenian: [Khaytabghet Paytpor ], Խայտաբղետ Փայտփոր
Indonesian: Caladi
Icelandic: Barrspæta
Italian: Picchio rosso maggiore
Japanese: akagera, Aka-gera
Japanese: アカゲラ
Georgian: დიდი ჭრელი ხეკოდა
Khakas: Алас, Тобырғы
Kazakh: Үлкен тоқылдақ, Шұбар тоқылдақ
Korean: 오색딱다구리, 오색딱따구리
Cornish: Casek-cos bryth, kasek koes vrith
Latin: Dendrocopos major, Dendrocopus major, Picoides major
Ladino: becalen gran
Lithuanian: Didysis genys, didysis margasis genys
Latvian: dižraibais dzenis
Macedonian: golem klukajdrvec, голем клукаjдрвец, Голем шарен (Голем) клукајдрвец
Mongolian: Их алаг тоншуул
Dutch: Grote Bonte Specht
Norwegian: Barspett, Flaggspett, Stor flaggspett
Occitan: pic mar
Polish: Dzieciol czarny, Dzięcioł czarny, dzieciol duzy, dzięcioł duży, Dzięcioł pstry wielki
Portuguese: pica pau malhado grande, Pica-pau-malhado-grande, Picapau-malhado-grande
Romansh: pitgalain grond
Romanian: ciocanitoare mare, ciocănitoare mare
Russian: pestryj djatel, Pyostry Dyatel, Большой пестрый дятел, Большой пёстрый дятел, Дятел большой-пестрый, Дятел пестрый, Пестрый дятел, Пёстрый дятел
Sardinian: atacadolza, attaccadorza, biccalinna, biccamatta, biccamuru, pappafrumigas, pertunghefustes, pertunghemuru, picculatruncu, pìttau, pittigone, pittulatrunca, pitzulucau, toccatoccafuste, toccheddadòrgia
Scots: cnag mhòr, Snagan daraich
Northern Sami: Bihcabascáihni, bihcebásčáihni
Slovak: Ďatel' vel'ký, ďateľ veľký
Slovenian: veliki detel
Albanian: qukapiku larosh i madh, Qukapiku larosh kurrizbardhë
Serbian: veliki detlić, veliki djetlic, Veliki šareni detlic, veliki šareni djetlic, veliki šareni djetlić, велики детлић, Велики шарени детлић, Велики шарени детлиц
Swedish: Större hackspett
Turkmen: orman alaca ağaçkakanı
Turkish: Orman Ağaçkakanı, Orman Alaca Ağaçkakan, Orman alaca ağaçkakanı, orman alaca ağaçkakany, Orman Alaca Aşaçkakan
Tuvinian: Шокар-торга
Ukrainian: djatel velikij, Великий строкатий дятел, дятел великий, Дятел звичайний
Vietnamese: Gõ kiến gáy đỏ, Gõ kiến nhỏ sườn đỏ
Sorbian, Lower: šnapac, źiśelc
Sorbian, Upper: dypak, dypornak
Chinese: [ban zhuo-mu-niao], [da ban zhuo-mu], [da ban zhuo-mu-niao], 大斑啄木, 大斑啄木鳥, 大斑啄木鸟, 斑啄木鸟

Sub species

Dendrocopos major anglicus
Dendrocopos major beicki
Dendrocopos major brevirostris
Dendrocopos major cabanisi
Dendrocopos major canariensis
Dendrocopos major candidus
Dendrocopos major hainanus
Dendrocopos major harterti
Dendrocopos major hispanus
Dendrocopos major italiae
Dendrocopos major japonicus
Dendrocopos major kamtschaticus
Dendrocopos major kitsutsuki
Dendrocopos major major
Dendrocopos major mandarinus
Dendrocopos major mauritanus
Dendrocopos major numidus
Dendrocopos major paphlagoniae
Dendrocopos major parroti
Dendrocopos major pinetorum
Dendrocopos major poelzami
Dendrocopos major stresemanni
Dendrocopos major tenuirostris
 

 
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