Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) - HBW 7, p. 527
French: Pic noir
German: Schwarzspecht
Spanish: Picamaderos Negro
Other common names: Great Black Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Picus martius Linnaeus, 1758, Europe = Sweden.
Size varies clinally, decreasing from N to S and, in Asia, from E to W; birds from S Europe E to Transcaucasia sometimes separated as race pinetorum (slightly smaller than N breeders) and those from E Asia as reichenowi (on average larger than W Asian populations), but much overlap occurs in measurements, and racial separation not warranted. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- martius (Linnaeus, 1758) - Europe from Spain, France and Scandinavia (N to Arctic Circle), S to Balkans and N Turkey, and E in broad belt across Asian taiga (S to Altai Mts, N Mongolia) to Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Japan (Hokkaido, extreme N Honshu), NE China and Korea; also Caucasus and N Iran.
- khamensis (Buturlin, 1908) - SW China and Tibet (Qinghai S to NW Yunnan).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird drilling a trunk and eating larvas. capture scenes replayed at slow motion. Locality Sceaux, Île-de-France, France
Robert Mouchard 3 May 2008 2 years ago 1 min 51 sec 4.8 -
A male feeding two juveniles Locality Champlan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France
Christophe Alexandre 25 June 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 20 sec 4.7 -
An adult male feeding the chicks, calling, and entering the nest Locality Germany (ssp martius)
Helmut Sütsch 2003 8 years ago 1 min 8 sec 4.5 -
An adult female calling, entering the nest, and then flying away Locality Germany (ssp martius)
Helmut Sütsch 2003 8 years ago 17 sec 4.4 -
An adult female feeding the chicks in the nest Locality Germany (ssp martius)
Helmut Sütsch 2003 8 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A male preening Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp martius)
Julien Rochefort 23 April 2007 5 years ago 45 sec 4.4
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Male approaching a feeding box of sunflower seeds
Locality Lunner, Oppland County, Norway
Per Johan 29 May 2011 52 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on a dead branch, at Olenyok River.
Locality Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Eastern Russia, Russia
Alexdersu 1 August 2010 22 weeks ago 3.8 -
Female
Locality Eransus, Navarre, Spain (ssp ssp martius)
Ricardo Rodriguez 23 May 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Black Woodpecker in Helsinki forest
Locality Southern Finland Province, Finland
Ahvenainen 2 February 2009 1 year ago 3.4 -
Female in the nest entrance.
Locality Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp martius)
Fran Trabalon 25 May 2005 2 years ago 3 -
taken early spring in local woodland
Locality Hungary
Juhasz Tibor 1 March 2004 3 years ago 3
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one bird calling Locality Kazimierz Dolny, Pulawy County, Lublin Province, Poland
Pawel Daudzward 15 October 2011 27 weeks ago 4 -
Typicall calls. Locality Rambouillet Forest, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
(ssp martius)
Julien Rochefort 19 October 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Calling Black Woodpecker. Locality Normafa, Budapest, Hungary
(ssp martius)
Gerard Gorman 8 February 2011 25 weeks ago 3 -
Black Woodpecker drumming. Locality Ystad, Skane County, Sweden
Jonn Leffmann 6 April 2011 1 year ago 3 -
Grown nestlings begging for food from the nesting hole, both adults answering nearby. Locality Bulgaria
(ssp martius)
Iva Hristova 6 June 2009 2 years ago 2.3
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