Great spotted woodpecker / Buntspecht (Dendrocopos major)

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Buntspecht hoch im Baum im Wald 'Im Brand' 2020-04-25 07:57:12 Luppmen NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Classification: Genus Dendrocopos; Family Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Most common woodpecker in Switzerland
Vocalization: It's frequent drumming is easily recognized by its short duration. [Link]
Calls: Typically it lasts 0.5 seconds, sometimes slightly longer. Contact call frequently hear throughout the year. A short hiccup "kek", sometimes in series. When excited this may escalate into a trill. [Link]
Physical details: length=22-23 cm, wingspan=34-39 cm, weight=70-100 g
Habitats: Forest
Song or calls similar to: Ring ouzel.
Song: Song: Other: ‘Drumming’ is the sound that Great Spotted Woodpeckers make by hammering their bills against dead wood 10-20 times over 2-3 seconds. The sound resonates in the dead wood and can be heard over large distances. This drumming acts as an advert and is used by Great spotted Woodpeckers and other woodpecker species instead of a song. [From the GardenBird web site]
Nabu: Manchmal, bei strahlendem Sonnenschein, fangen die Spechte schon im Dezember an zu trommeln. [NABU Vogel des Jahres 1997]
Call: Nabu: Das bekannteste Geräusch des schwarz-weißen Spechtes ist aber wohl sein kurzes, aber häufiges Trommeln. [Link]
In a sonogram I can see about 13 taps in just over half a second, but you can never distinguish so many. It's short but intense, and the second half trails off, especially contrasted with the constant drumming of the three-toed woodpecker. [[Listen here.]]
Song attributes: Melody: non-musical, fast, Frequency: low (1-3 KHz) Special sounds: drumming Singing season: 01-01 - 06-30
Great spotted woodpecker drumming XC625181 buntspecht drumming.


Calls: 1: General: A chirping (that I couldn't associate in my mind with a woodpecker), repeated at somewhat irregular intervals of about a second
2023: klang in bird-song.ch Quiz wie eine lauter Haussperling
Call: Nabu: Der häufigste Ruf ist ein kurzes und spitzes „kix“. Ist ein Buntspecht aufgebracht, etwa durch einen Artgenossen, kann man ein schnelles Schnarren hören. [Link]
Great spotted woodpecker call

Great spotted woodpecker call XC200059 Great spotted woodpecker call.


2: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN_VIA_BIRDNET

Fehraltorf ♫ 2021-08-14 09:57:28 Source: BirdNet 20210814_095728 birdnet 1937 - Great Spotted Woodpecker xxxx, also heard drumming - Great Spotted Woodpecker - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (drumming)

Trommeln während ein Buntspecht ruft, im Wildert. Wildert Weiher

Fehraltorf ♫ 2021-08-14 09:57:28 Source: BirdNet 20210814_095728 birdnet 1937 - Great spotted woodpecker, heard slow drumming - Not analyzed - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (drumming)

Call attributes: Call melody: one note, slow, Frequency: 1-8 KHz,
First documented observation: 2020-04-12 in Fehraltorf. Most recent observation: 2024-11-27 in Greater Fehraltorf.

Media


Buntspecht gesellt sich zum Singdrossel im Wald 'Im Brand' 2020-04-25 07:56:12 Luppmen NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Buntspecht hoch im Baum im Wald 'Im Brand' 2020-04-25 07:57:10 Luppmen NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Proof that there's a buntspecht woodpecker at the hungerseeli. 2020-04-18 16:02:16 Hungerseeli NIKON D5600 ISO 640
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Dendrocopos Major Buntspecht von Wikipedia. Source: WIKIPEDIA Dendrocopos Major Buntspecht von Wikipedia.jpg

Buntspecht in Wildert. 2024-08-31 10:29:52 Wildert Weiher

Buntspecht im Wald Mesikon Mesikon ♫ Buntspecht im Wald Mesikon 2020-04-12 12:09:34 Source: BirdNet 2020-04-12 12.09.34 birdnet_mobile_observation_162 Buntspecht im Wald Mesikon.mp3 Mesikon (song?)

Fehraltorf ♫ 2020-10-08 15:50:47 Source: BirdNet 20201008_155047 birdnet 981 i was skeptical but it matches the nabu - Great spotted woodpecker - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

Fehraltorf ♫ 2021-08-14 09:50:54 Source: BirdNet 20210814_095054 birdnet 1934 - Great Spotted Woodpecker, two call back and forth - Great Spotted Woodpecker - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (call)

Luppmen ♫ 2020-10-21 15:13:08 Source: BirdNet 20201021_151308 birdnet 1021 Reitenbachholzweg bei Rumlikon - Buntspecht.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

Unearthly call near Oberer Reitenbachholzweg in the woods by Rumlikon I looked for similar calls at XenoCanto for great spotted woodpeckers, red kites and kestrels, since I heard woodpeckers in those woods and saw the kites and kestrels nearby. I was pleased to find that it's a black woodpecker, which I had heard once or twice before but not been able to identify. Oberreitenbachholzweg, Rumlikon Singers: Black woodpecker, Great spotted woodpecker


Fehraltorf Singers: Coal tit, Great spotted woodpecker
♫ 2020-11-08 16:02:44 Source: BirdNet 20201108_160244 birdnet 1075 chirpy call, coal tit in background - Great spotted woodpecker - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (call)

Buntspecht Rufe im Wildert Naturgebiet. Wildert Weiher

Wald bei Speck, Singdrossel Gesang, plus Zaunkönig Gesang bei 40 Sek, Kohlmeise, Buchfink, Tannenmeise, im Hintergrund evtl Sumpfmeise, Buntspecht. Wald bei Speck Singers: Song thrush, Eurasian wren, Great tit, Common chaffinch, Coal tit, Marsh tit, Great spotted woodpecker


Luppmen ♫ 2020-06-22 16:54:04 Source: BirdNet 20200622_165404 birdnet 695 identify, i have doubts about woodpecker - Great spotted woodpecker.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

XC129590 Great Spotted Woodpecker call.


Fehraltorf ♫ 2020-04-12 12:09:34 Source: BirdNet 20200412_120934 birdnet 110 - Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2020-04-12 - Great Spotted Woodpecker - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

Tannenmeise lmh, Buntspecht, Aaskrähe, Kohlmeise, weiter weg ein Amsel. Melody: lmh Singers: Coal tit, Great spotted woodpecker, Carrion crow, Great tit, Common blackbird


Buntspecht at wildert. Wildert Weiher

Mesikon ♫ 2020-04-12 12:09:34 Source: BirdNet 20200412_120934 birdnet - Great spotted woodpecker.mp3 Mesikon (song?)

Buntspecht plus tbi klappern. Greater Fehraltorf

Fehraltorf Singers: Great spotted woodpecker, Long-tailed tit
♫ 2020-10-22 15:35:31 Source: BirdNet 20201022_153531 birdnet 1033 highly uncertain plus buntspecht - Long-tailed tit - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

Wildertweiher buntspecht rufe. Wildert Weiher

Buntspecht in Wildert ruft, habe ihn auch fotografiert. Wildert Weiher

Das Stück Wald vorm Schützenhaus Fehraltorf mit Buntspecht, etc. Fehraltorf

Additional Images


Buntspecht - habe ich noch nie so gesehen auf einer Baumspitze. 2024-11-27 16:24:47 Greater Fehraltorf Canon EOS R7 200-800mm Shutter speed 10
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Buntspecht bei Wildertweiher. 2024-11-25 16:26:33 Greater Fehraltorf Canon EOS R7 200-800mm Shutter speed 9.375
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Ein Buntspecht Männchen (es hat rot am Kopf) futtert sein Nachkommen. Das habe ich gar nicht erwartet als ich einen unbekannten, gerade gelandeten Vogel fotografiert habe. 2024-06-13 15:09:07 Greater Fehraltorf Canon EOS R7 200-800mm Shutter speed 10
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Buntspecht - ich habe geglaubt, dass ich keine Spechte gesehen oder fotografiert habe bis ich hier die Beleuchtung geflickt habe. 2024-05-20 08:25:38 Klingnauer Stausee (man-made lake) Canon EOS R7 200-800mm Shutter speed 10
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Buntspecht. 2021-01-07 12:04:50 Fehraltorf NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Web pages with this species:

Am Aa und Robenhauserriet in Wetzikon, dann am Pfäffikersee / Teil 1 der Klettgau-Tour / Spring in Switzerland, 2024 / Summer in Switzerland, 2024 / Klingnauer Stausee, May 20 2024 / An early morning outing to Wildert between Fehraltorf and Illnau by e-bike, then on foot in the improved nature area / Wildertweiher with migratory birds and others, November 2024 / Fall and winter at home