Great Spotted Woodpecker

A medium-sized woodpecker with pied black and white plumage with a red patch on the lower abdomen is known as the Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major). Red marks can be seen on the neck or head of male birds and juvenile birds. The Palearctic region, which includes sections of North Africa, is home to this species. The same as other woodpeckers, they have anatomical adaptations to handle the physical pressures from the hammering movement. They chisel into trees to obtain food or excavate nest holes, and they also drum to make contact and proclaim their territorial range. The Syrian woodpecker and this species are related.

This woodpecker inhabits various kinds of forests and can take seeds from pine cones, insect larvae from inside trees, or eggs and chicks of other birds from their nests, among other meals. It reproduces in unlined holes made in living or dead trees with the exception of wood chips. There are typically four to six shiny white eggs in a clutch. The eggs are incubated, the chicks are fed, and the nest is kept tidy by both parents. The adults feed the young for around ten days after they fledge, with each parent caring for a portion of the brood.