Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides tridactylus
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusPicoides (Three-toed Woodpeckers)
- SpeciesPicoides tridactylus (Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker)
About the Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
The Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) is a medium-sized woodpecker that is found from northern Europe across northern Asia to Japan. The Eurasian three-toed woodpecker was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He coined the binomial name Picus tridactylus. The type locality is Sweden. The specific epithet is from the Ancient Greek tridaktulos meaning "three-toed" (tri- is "three-" and daktulos is toe). The species is now placed in the genus Picoides that was introduced by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. The Eurasian three-toed woodpecker was formerly considered conspecific with the American three-toed woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis).
Eight subspecies are recognised: P. t. tridactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) – northern Europe to the southern Ural Mountains and to south-eastern Siberia and north-eastern China P. t. alpinus Brehm, CL, 1831 – central and south-eastern Europe to western Ukraine and Romania
P. t. crissoleucus (Reichenbach, 1854) – northern Ural Mountains to eastern Siberia P. t. albidior Stejneger, 1885 – eastern Siberia and Kamchatka Peninsula... Wikipedia →
Recent sightings of Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker in Tatra National Park
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Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 5 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 6 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 9 | Gauja National Park | 🇱🇻 Latvia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker in Tatra National Park?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker sighting in Tatra National Park, based on 69 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker in Tatra National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker in Tatra National Park in our monthly data.