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: Not Assessed
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern ( Details )
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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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Books and Monographs:
   Gorman, G. 2011 The black woodpecker: a monograph on Dryocopus martius Lynx Edicions, Barcelona [598.776 GOR]
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