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| - | {{incomplete}} | + | [[Image:Lesser_Spotted_Woodpecker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Rudi+Petitjean|Rudi Petitjean}}<br />[[Belgium]]]] |
| - | [[Image:Lesser_Spotted_Woodpecker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Rudi+Petitjean|Rudi Petitjean}}<br />Photo taken: [[Belgium]]]] | + | |
| | ;[[:Category:Dendrocopos|Dendrocopos]] minor | | ;[[:Category:Dendrocopos|Dendrocopos]] minor |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | [[Image:LSW25026Den minor.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Pavel|Pavel}}<br />Female photographed at [[Durankulak Lake|Durankulak]], Northern [[Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] Black Sea coast]] | + | 14-16.5 cm<br /> |
| | + | Black and white barring on upperparts. White, or buffish underparts. Black cheek stripe does not reach crown. Face is white or buff.<br /> |
| | + | '''Male''' has a red crown; '''female''' black. |
| | + | ====Similar Species==== |
| | + | Lesser Spotted is very much smaller than [[Great Spotted Woodpecker|Great]] or [[Middle Spotted Woodpecker]] and has no red on the body. |
| | + | [[Image:LSW25026Den minor.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Pavel|Pavel}}<br />[[Durankulak Lake|Durankulak]], Northern [[Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] Black Sea coast]] |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
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| | A widespread '''breeding''' bird from southern [[Britain]], [[France]] and northern [[Spain]] east across [[Eurasia]] to the northern [[China]], Sakhalin and northern [[Japan]]. To the north breeds over most of Fenno-Scandia and across [[Russia]] except the extreme north. Range extends south to the Pyrenees, southern [[Italy]] and [[Greece]] and also breeds in western and northern [[Turkey]] and the Caucasus. More isolated populations breed in scattered parts of central and southern [[Iberia]], the [[Azores]] and northern [[Algeria]]. May breed on [[Sardinia]] but status unclear, former breeder on [[Sicily]]. | | A widespread '''breeding''' bird from southern [[Britain]], [[France]] and northern [[Spain]] east across [[Eurasia]] to the northern [[China]], Sakhalin and northern [[Japan]]. To the north breeds over most of Fenno-Scandia and across [[Russia]] except the extreme north. Range extends south to the Pyrenees, southern [[Italy]] and [[Greece]] and also breeds in western and northern [[Turkey]] and the Caucasus. More isolated populations breed in scattered parts of central and southern [[Iberia]], the [[Azores]] and northern [[Algeria]]. May breed on [[Sardinia]] but status unclear, former breeder on [[Sicily]]. |
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| | '''Vagrants''' recorded on the [[Balearic Islands]] and [[Corsica]]. | | '''Vagrants''' recorded on the [[Balearic Islands]] and [[Corsica]]. |
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| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | About ten races are recognised differing slightly in size and colour. Generally, birds with longer bills and wings and whiter plumage occur in the north and smaller birds with buffier underparts are found in the south but much intergradation occurs and there are few distinct boundaries between races. | | About ten races are recognised differing slightly in size and colour. Generally, birds with longer bills and wings and whiter plumage occur in the north and smaller birds with buffier underparts are found in the south but much intergradation occurs and there are few distinct boundaries between races. |
| - | | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| | + | *''D. m. comminutus'': [[England]] and [[Wales]] |
| | + | *''D. m. hortorum'': [[France]] to [[Poland]], [[Switzerland]], [[Hungary]] and northern [[Romania]] |
| | + | *''D. m. buturlini'': [[Iberia]], southern [[France]] and [[Italy]] to [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]] and northern [[Greece]] |
| | + | *''D. m. minor'': Northern [[Europe]] ([[Scandinavia]] to Ural Mountains) |
| | + | *''D. m. amurensis'': Lower Amur River and [[Sakhalin]] to north-eastern [[Korea]] and northern [[Japan]] |
| | + | *''D. m. kamtschatkensis'': Ural Mountains to Anadyr River and Kamchatka |
| | + | *''D. m. colchicus'': [[Caucasus]] and Transcaucasia |
| | + | *''D. m. danfordi'': [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]] |
| | + | *''D. m. quadrifasciatus'': South-eastern Transcaucasia (Lenkoran region) |
| | + | *''D. m. morgani'': Zagros Mountains and north-western [[Iran]] |
| | + | *''D. m. ledouci'': North-western [[Africa]] (north-eastern [[Algeria]] and north-western [[Tunisia]]) |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Woodland and forest containing dead and dying trees but favours deciduous trees and orchards, sometimes parks and large gardens, and tends to avoid conifers. | | Woodland and forest containing dead and dying trees but favours deciduous trees and orchards, sometimes parks and large gardens, and tends to avoid conifers. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | | + | ====Movement==== |
| | + | Flight is undulating. Climbs trees. |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | + | They mainly eat insects gleaned from the bark of trees. Will visit feeders for peanuts. |
| | ====Vocalisation==== | | ====Vocalisation==== |
| | <flashmp3>Dendrocopos minor (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | | <flashmp3>Dendrocopos minor (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> |
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| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Dendrocopos_minor}} | | {{GSearch|Dendrocopos_minor}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dendrocopos]][[Category:Bird Songs]] | + | <br /> |
| | + | {{Video|Lesser_Spotted_Woodpecker}} |
| | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dendrocopos]][[Category:Bird Songs]] [[Category:Videos]] |
About ten races are recognised differing slightly in size and colour. Generally, birds with longer bills and wings and whiter plumage occur in the north and smaller birds with buffier underparts are found in the south but much intergradation occurs and there are few distinct boundaries between races.
Woodland and forest containing dead and dying trees but favours deciduous trees and orchards, sometimes parks and large gardens, and tends to avoid conifers.
Flight is undulating. Climbs trees.
They mainly eat insects gleaned from the bark of trees. Will visit feeders for peanuts.
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