Great Spotted Woodpecker
BIRDING ARAGÓNGreat Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major
ES: Pico picapinos
Description
L: 23-26 cm. W: 38 – 44 cm.
Back black, with two white spots on shoulders: white throat and chest; red underparts; white cheek and forehead; dark with white mottling wings; black tail with white-barred lateral feathers: red nape in male, black in femalW: pileus black in adults and red in juveniles
- Observation difficulty: Easy
- Status: Resident.
- Optimal Season: Dec-Jan
- Conservation Status: Protected species
- Hábitat: Forest
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PROVINCES
Huesca. Zaragoza. Teruel
REGIONS
La Jacetania; Sobrarbe; Ribagorza; Comarca Central; Tarazona y el Moncayo; Campo de Cariñena y Valdejalón; Gúdar-Javalambre; Sierra de Albarracín; Comunidad de Calatayud; Cuencas Mineras; Bajo Aragón y Matarraña
Special Protected Areas (SPA)