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| - | ;Dendrocopos minor | + | [[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|350px|right|Photo by johnrobinson]] | + | ;[[:Category:Dendrocopos|Dendrocopos]] minor |
| - | ==Description== | + | |
| - | Photo taken: Wyre Forest, Worcs, England | + | |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | + | 14-16.5 cm<br /> |
| - | Dendrocopos minor | + | Black and white barring on upperparts. White, or buffish underparts. Black cheek stripe does not reach crown. Face is white or buff.<br /> |
| - | RANGE 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. | + | '''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. |
| | + | ==Distribution== |
| | + | 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]]. |
| | + | [[Image:LSW25026Den minor.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Pavel|Pavel}}<br />[[Durankulak Lake|Durankulak]], Northern [[Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] Black Sea coast]] |
| | + | '''Resident''' but may be nomadic and sometimes eruptive in the north and east. Breeding range has contracted in some areas and especially scarce in Iberia and North [[Africa]]. |
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| - | Resident but may be nomadic and sometimes eruptive in the north and east. Breeding range has contracted in some areas and especially scarce in Iberia and North Africa. | + | '''Vagrants''' recorded on the [[Balearic Islands]] and [[Corsica]]. |
| - | Vagrants recorded on the Balearic Islands and Corsica. | + | ==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. |
| - | HABITAT Found in many types of woodland and forest containing dead and dying trees but favours deciduous trees and orchards, sometimes parks and large gardens, and tends to avoid conifers. Feeds high in branches rather than on the trunk of the tree and can be very difficult to locate. The best time to look for this species is in early spring when the birds are calling and there are few leaves on the trees. | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| - | | + | *''D. m. comminutus'': [[England]] and [[Wales]] |
| - | SUBSPECIES 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. | + | *''D. m. hortorum'': [[France]] to [[Poland]], [[Switzerland]], [[Hungary]] and northern [[Romania]] |
| - | ==Bird Song== | + | *''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== |
| | + | 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== |
| | + | ====Movement==== |
| | + | Flight is undulating. Climbs trees. |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | + | They mainly eat insects gleaned from the bark of trees. Will visit feeders for peanuts. |
| | + | ====Vocalisation==== |
| | <flashmp3>Dendrocopos minor (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | | <flashmp3>Dendrocopos minor (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> |
| | ''[[Media:Dendrocopos minor (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | | ''[[Media:Dendrocopos minor (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Dendrocopos+minor View more images of Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in the gallery] | + | {{GSearch|Dendrocopos_minor}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] | + | <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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