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 Kiskunság National Park
📅 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 Kiskunság National Park?
About 37% of visitor-days record a Great Spotted Woodpecker sighting in Kiskunság National Park, based on 406 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Great Spotted Woodpecker in Kiskunság National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Great Spotted Woodpecker in Kiskunság National Park in our monthly data.