Great Spotted Woodpecker

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Danube Delta, Romania • May 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Great Spotted Woodpecker
Latin: Dendrocopos major
Other: Pic épeiche (fr)
Family: Picidae • Woodpeckers

Photo: monacoeye • Danube Delta, Romania • May 2009 & Beaulieu June 2009

See Syrian Woodpecker for differences. These are both females from lack of red patch on back of head.