Species factsheet

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

Order: Dendrocopos major
Family: Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Danish name: Stor Flagspætte

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Subspecies and Distribution

major

Scandinavia and ne Poland to w Siberia

brevirostris

w Siberia to e Siberia, ne China, n Mongolia

kamtschaticus

Kamchatka Pen. (e Siberia)

anglicus

Great Britain

pinetorum

c Europe

parroti

Corsica

harterti

Sardinia

italiae

Italy, Sicily and w Slovenia

hispanus

Iberian Pen.

canariensis

Tenerife (Canary Is.)

thanneri

Gran Canaria I. (Canary Is.)

mauritanus

Morocco

numidus

n Algeria and Tunesia

candidus

Romania and s Ukraine to Greece

paphlagoniae

n Turkey

tenuirostris

Caucasus and Transcaucasia (sw Asia)

poelzami

se Azerbaijan, n Iran and sw Turkmenistan

japonicus

se Siberia, ne China, Korea and n and c Japan

wulashanicus

Inner Mongolia (n China)

cabanisi

e China

beicki

c China

mandarinus

s China and e Burma to n Laos and n Vietnam

stresemanni

ne India, ne Burma and s China

hainanus

Hainan I. (off se China)

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