Bird
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minor · Picidae · Piciformes
Best monthsMar–Maymost records
Records723,487in 49 countries
Most seen inSweden301,804 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
About
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in brief
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor) is a bird of the Picidae family — species of bird.
Across the 49 countries we cover it has 723,487 published records, most of them from Sweden, France and Norway. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in March, April and May and fall to their lowest in November and December.
Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
Sweden301,804 records · best Apr, May
France92,290 records · best Apr, Mar
Norway53,219 records · best Apr, May
Netherlands45,645 records · best Mar, Apr
Spain30,710 records · best Apr, Mar
Belgium25,986 records · best Mar, Apr
Finland22,867 records · best Apr, Mar
United Kingdom22,359 records · best Mar, Apr
Germany20,076 records · best Apr, Mar
Russia18,343 records · best Apr, Mar
Denmark12,549 records · best Mar, Apr
Estonia12,182 records · best Apr, Sep
Portugal10,686 records · best Apr, Mar
Poland8,378 records · best Sep, Aug
Italy6,096 records · best Jan, Dec
Czechia5,539 records · best Apr, Mar
Türkiye5,269 records · best Apr, May
Bulgaria3,725 records · best May, Sep
Hungary3,364 records · best Oct, Aug
Austria3,185 records · best Apr, Mar
Ukraine2,778 records · best Apr, Jan
Switzerland2,625 records · best Apr, Mar
Slovakia1,671 records · best Mar, Apr
Greece1,588 records · best Feb, May
Serbia1,557 records · best Jan, Feb
Croatia1,210 records · best Mar, Sep
Lithuania1,138 records · best Aug, Sep
Georgia1,127 records · best Sep, May
Romania980 records · best Aug, May
Belarus861 records · best Apr, Mar
Mongolia677 records · best Jun, May
Latvia561 records · best Sep, Apr
Slovenia496 records · best Sep, Aug
Luxembourg413 records · best Apr, Mar
Iran403 records · best Sep, Oct
Algeria179 records · best Jul, May
North Macedonia170 records · best Jun, May
Albania144 records · best Oct, Apr
Montenegro143 records · best Apr, Mar
Moldova134 records · best Apr, Jan
Bosnia and Herzegovina118 records · best Jun, May
Azerbaijan78 records · best Apr, May
Armenia59 records · best Apr, Sep
Kosovo32 records · best Mar, Apr
Tunisia26 records · best May, Jun
Madagascar23 records · best Jul, Feb
Andorra13 records · best Mar, Jun
Liechtenstein6 records · best Apr, Nov
Iraq5 records · best Jan, May
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
Relatives
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