Great Spotted Woodpecker

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q26209
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Summary

Great Spotted Woodpecker is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,614 views/month, #1,174 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Bird of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Dendrocopos[6]
  • Taxon name: Dendrocopos major[7]
  • Commons category: Dendrocopos major[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dendrocopos major[9]
  • Commons gallery: Dendrocopos major[10]
  • Main food source: seed[11], beetles[12], Lepidoptera[13], Siricidae[14], aphid[15], Coccoidea[16], Formicidae[17], Crustacea[18], Mollusca[19], carrion[20], egg[21], juvenile[22], nut[23], acorn[24]
  • Original combination: Picus major[25]
  • Taxon common name: Great Spotted Woodpecker[26], Buntspecht[27], Pico picapinos[28], picot garser gros[29], strakapoud velký[30], suur-kirjurähn[31], Flaggspett[32], Большой пёстрый дятел[33], アカゲラ[34], Stor Flagspætte[35], käpytikka[36], nagy fakopáncs[37], dzięcioł duży[38], ďateľ veľký[39]

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Identifiers

Great Spotted Woodpecker's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 137523[40]. Great Spotted Woodpecker's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2477968[41]. Great Spotted Woodpecker's ITIS TSN is recorded as 554048[42].

Why It Matters

Great Spotted Woodpecker has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

FAQs

What awards did Great Spotted Woodpecker receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . nabu.de. Retrieved . nabu.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [40] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [42] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [41] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [34] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [35] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [36] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [37] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [38] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [39] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C2875
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C2875, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 11w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 44446
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Great Spotted Woodpecker'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Buntspecht'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pico picapinos'} +37
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Salzburgwiki id: 44446, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102088385|Buntspecht (#102088385)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxons]]"
  3. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Wingspan → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+36'}
    Aliases → —
    Parent taxon → Dendrocopos
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 14122, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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