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Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Spotted woodpecker
Male of Great Spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) at Hampshire, Plaitford
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Inopinaves
Clade: Afroaves
Order: Piciformes
Suborder: Pici
Family: Picidae
Subfamily: Picinae
Tribe: Melanerpini
Genus: Dendrocopos
Species: D. major
Binomial name
Dendrocopos major
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Dendrocopos major distribution
Range of D. major
Synonyms

Dendrocopos submajor
Dryobates major

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The Great Spotted Woodpecker is considered to being unmistakable in appearance. However, species that are similar in appearance to it are the Syrian Woodpecker and the White-winged Woodpecker.

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