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Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Order:
Piciformes
Family:
Picidae
BTO Codes:
,
EURING No:
8630
Number in Britain:
Unavailable
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(-) Doesn't Occur
Subspecies:
recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
51 cm
Wingspan:
66 cm
Weight:
M/F: 330 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: druos =oak tree + kopos =cutter
and L.: martius =martial
World Distribution:
Europe, n&c Asia
Habitat:
Coniferous & mixed forest
Diet:
Ants and wood-boring beetles
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Sortspætte
Dutch:
Zwarte specht
Finnish:
Palokärki
French:
Pic noir
German:
Schwarzspecht
Hungarian:
Fekete harkály
Icelandic:
Svartspæta
Irish:
Italian:
Picchio nero
Norwegian:
Svartspett
Polish:
Dzieciol czarny
Portuguese:
Peto-preto
Spanish:
Pito negro
Swedish:
Spillkråka
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BirdFacts home | BTO Home Email: birdfacts@bto.org These data should be cited as: Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.21, Jun 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)
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