Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusDendrocopos (Eurasian Pied Woodpeckers)
- SpeciesDendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Gauja National Park
White-backed Woodpecker
Dendrocopos leucotos
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocoptes medius
Black Woodpecker
Dryocopus martius
Grey-headed Woodpecker
Picus canus
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minor
Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides tridactylus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Great Spotted Woodpecker in Gauja National Park?
About 30% of visitor-days record a Great Spotted Woodpecker sighting in Gauja National Park, based on 170 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Great Spotted Woodpecker in Gauja National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Great Spotted Woodpecker in Gauja National Park in our monthly data.