Great Spotted Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Status: VI, Near Threatened, NT: R. Kyrgyzstan is home to Dendrocopos major brevirostris1 (Reichenbach, 1854). There are 18 poorly differentiated subspecies known.

Distribution general and in the country. The Great Spotted Woodpecker inhabits the territory of the CIS from the western borders to Kamchatka and Sakhalin. In the north, it reaches the forest-tundra; in the south, its range extends through Ukraine, the Volga region, the Urals, reaching the Irtysh River, and intruding into the Tian Shan. Outside the CIS, it inhabits Northwest Africa, Asia Minor, parts of Mongolia, China, Japan, and others. Two specimens are known from Kyrgyzstan: from Teskey Alatoo (Svertsov, July 10, 1876) and from the Kyrgyz Ridge (collection of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University). Our collection has only one Great Spotted Woodpecker. The collections of Moscow State University and the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences contain 3 specimens of this woodpecker from the Tekes River valley dated January 22 and March 6, 1912 (Kazakhstan), as well as several specimens from the Eastern Tian Shan within China [2, 46].

Habitat. It may be found in spruce forests of Eastern Preissykul.

Population. There is no information available.

Life style (life cycles). It inhabits spruce and nut-bearing forests. Its diet mainly consists of insects, especially forest pests.

Limiting factors. Not established.

Breeding (keeping in captivity). No information available.

Existing conservation measures. Protection of their habitats in spruce and nut-bearing forests.

Recommended conservation measures. Protection of their habitat. Biotechnical measures to protect spruce, nut-bearing, and floodplain forests from unauthorized logging and to promote their regeneration.

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Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status: VI category, Near Threatened, NT: R. Occurrence status is not clear. Two Woodpeckers were collected: one from Issyk-Kul oblast, another one from Kyrgyz Mountainous Ridge. Prefers spruce forests. Data on numbers are unknown. Information about limiting factors is not available. It is proposed to protect suitable for nesting forest habitats against unlimited felling trees.