Great Spotted Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker
	Male of Great Spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) at Hampshire, Plaitford
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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)
	Range of D. major
Synonyms
	Dendrocopos submajor; Dryobates major

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Description[]

Similar species[]

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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References[]

^ BirdLife International (2012). "Dendrocopos major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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Projects

This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species.

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Dendrocopos major -Durham, England -female-8

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Dendrocopos major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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