Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Dendrocopos [major or syriacus] (sensu lato) by some authors

Your sightings

Related taxa

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)
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Other related concepts

• Dendrocopos major x Dendrocoptes medius (hybrid)
• Dendrocopos [leucotos x major] (hybrid)
• Dendrocopos [leucopterus x major] (hybrid)
• Dendrocopos [major x syriacus] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аҮларкәыкә ӷраду, аҮларкәыкәӷра ду
Afrikaans: Grootbontspeg
Arabic: نقار الخشب السوري
Asturian: Picaniellu, Picatueru común, Picu
Azerbaijani: Iri (Iri ala) ağacdələn, Iri ağacdələn, İri ağacdələn, Iri ala ağacdələn
Bashkir: ҙур ала тумыртҡа, сыбар тумыртҡа , туҡран, туҡыртма
Belarusian: strakaty dziacieł, Вялiкi дзяцел, Вялікі дзяцел, Дзяцел вялікі, стракаты дзяцел
Bulgarian: goljam p"st"r k"lvač, Голям пъстър кълвач
Bengali: ফড় চতরা কাঠকুড়াচর
Bengali (transliteration): baṛa tilā kāṭhakuṛāli*
Breton: Ar pilkoad bras, Drailher-koad, pilkoad bras, Speg brizh bras
Catalan: Picot garser gros
Montenegrin: veliki djetlić, велики дјетлић
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): велики дјетлић
Czech: Strakapoud velký
Chuvash: пысăк улатакка
Welsh: Cnocell brith, Cnocell brith mwyaf, Cnocell fraith fawr, cnocell fraith fwyaf, Cobler y coed, Coblyn mwyaf, Coblyn y coed, Cymynwr y coed, Delor fraith, Taradr y coed, Tyllwr y coed
Danish: Stor flagspætte
German: Buntspecht, Grosser Specht, Rotspecht
Greek: [pardalotsiklitara], pardalotsiklitara, Παρδαλοτσικλιτάρα, Πευκοδρυοκολάπτης
English: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great woodpecker, Greater Pied Woodpecker, Red-crowned Pied Woodpecker
English, HBW: Great Spotted Woodpecker
English (IOC): Great Spotted Woodpecker
English (United States): Great Spotted Woodpecker
Esperanto: granda buntpego
Spanish: Carpintero Picapinos, Pico Picapinos
Spanish (Spain): Pico Picapinos
Spanish (HBW): Pico picapinos
Estonian: Suur-kirjurähn
Basque: okil handi, Okil handia, Picot garser gros
Persian: دارکوب خالدار بزرگ
Finnish: Käpytikka
Faroese: Spetta, Stoór flekkuspæta, stór flekkuspæta
French: Pic épeiche
Friulian: pic de corone, pic ros, picot de corone, picot ros
Frisian: grutte eksterspjocht
Irish: mórchnagaire breac, peto real
Gaelic: Snagair daraich, Snagan Daraich
Galician: Peto real, Picapau común, Picot garser gros
Manx: Snoggeyder, snoggeyder mooar
Hebrew: נקר עקוד
Croatian: veliki djetao, Veliki Djetlic, Veliki Djetlić
Hungarian: Nagy fakopáncs
Armenian: [Khaytabghet Paytpor ], Խայտաբղետ Փայտփոր
Indonesian: Caladi
Icelandic: Barrspæta
Italian: Picchio rosso maggiore
Japanese (romaji): akagera, Aka-gera
Japanese: アカゲラ
Japanese (Kanji): 赤啄木鳥
Georgian: დიდი ჭრელი კოდალა, დიდი ჭრელი ხეკოდა
Kara-Kalpak: ала қанат тоқылдаўық, ала тоқылдаўық, түрли реңли тоқылдаўық
Kabardian: жыгуӀуплъыжь, жыгуӀушхуэ, жыгыуӀуплъыжь, жыгыуӀушхуэ
Mongolian, Halh: хондлой цагаан тоншуул, хондлойцагаан тоншуур
Khakas: Алас, Тобырғы
Kazakh: үлкен ала тоқылдақ, үлкен алабажақ тоқылдақ, Үлкен тоқылдақ, үлкен шұбар тоқылдақ, Шұбар тоқылдақ
Kazakh (Transliteration): ülken toqıldaq
Korean: 오색딱다구리, 오색딱따구리
Korean (Transliteration): o-saek-ttakdaguri
North Karelian: käpytikka
Cornish: Casek-cos bryth, kasek koes vrith
Kirghiz: ири ала доңкулдак, ири ала тоңкулдак, чоң чаар тонкулдак
Scientific: Dendrocopos major, Dendrocopos major major, Dendrocopus major, Dryocolaptes major, Picoides major, Picus alpestris, Picus baschkiriensis, Picus cissa, Picus frondium, Picus major, Picus mesospilus, Picus montanus, Picus pipra, Picus pityopicus, Picus varius
Ladino: becalen gran
Luxembourgish: Bontspiecht
Lithuanian: Didysis genys, didysis margasis genys
Latvian: dižraibais dzenis
Macedonian: golem klukajdrvec, голем клукаjдрвец, голем клукајдрвец, Голем шарен (Голем) клукајдрвец
Mongolian: Алаг тоншуул, Алаг тоншуур, ар цагаан тоншуул, Их алаг тоншуул, хондлой цагаан тоншуул, хондлойцагаан тоншуур, цагаан арт алаг тоншуул
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠠᠯᠠᠭ ᠲᠣᠩᠰᠢᠭᠣᠷ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠠᠯᠠᠭ ᠲᠣᠩᠰᠢᠭᠣᠯ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Алаг тоншуул, Их алаг тоншуул, Овууна цондуул
Mongolian (Transliteration): alag toŋshuul, alag toŋshuur, ikh alag toŋshuul, ovuun tsonduul
Moldavian: Ciocănitoare pestriță mare
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): ар цагаан тоншуул, цагаан арт алаг тоншуул
Dutch: Grote Bonte Specht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Flaggspett
Norwegian: Barspett, Flaggspett, Stor flaggspett
Occitan: pic mar
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): harmaitikku
Polish: Dzieciol czarny, Dzięcioł czarny, dzieciol duzy, dzięcioł duży, Dzięcioł pstry wielki
Pinyin: bái huā zhuó-bì-niǎo, bān zhuó-mù-niǎo, chì-liè, chòu pēn-dǎ-mù, dà bān zhuó-mù, dà bān zhuó-mù-niǎo, dà chì zhuó-mù, diāo-mù-guān, huā bēn-dǎ-mù, huā bēn-dér-mù, huā pēn-dǎ-mù, huā zhuó-mù, zhuó-mù guān
Portuguese: pica pau malhado grande, Pica-pau-malhado, Pica-pau-malhado-grande, Picapau-malhado-grande
Portuguese (Portugal): Pica-pau-malhado
Romansh: pitgalain grond
Rhaeto-Romance: Pitgalain grond
Romanian: ciocanitoare mare, ciocănitoare mare, Ciocănitoare pestriță mare, Ciocănitoare pestriţă mare
Russian: pestryj djatel, Pyostry Dyatel, Большой пестрый дятел, Большой пёстрый дятел, Дятел большой-пестрый, Дятел пестрый, Пестрый дятел, Пёстрый дятел
Yakut: бэс тоҥсоҕойо, эриэн тоҥсоҕой
Sardinian: atacadolza, attaccadorza, biccalinna, biccamatta, biccamuru, pappafrumigas, pertunghefustes, pertunghemuru, picculatruncu, pìttau, pittigone, pittulatrunca, pitzulucau, toccatoccafuste, toccheddadòrgia
Scots: cnag mhòr, Snagan daraich
Northern Sami: Bihcabascáihni, bihcebásčáihni
Slovak: Ďateľ veľky, ďateľ veľký
Slovenian: veliki detel
Albanian: Qukapiku i madh larosh, qukapiku larosh i madh, Qukapiku larosh kurrizbardhë, Qukapiku pika pika
Serbian: veliki detlić, veliki djetlic, Veliki šareni detlic, veliki šareni djetlic, veliki šareni djetlić, велики детлић, Велики шарени детлић, Велики шарени детлиц
Swedish: Större hackspett
Tajik: эзорсурхаки калон
Turkmen: orman alaca ağaçkakanı, uly ala daşdeşen, uly alabeder daşdeşen
Turkish: Orman Ağaçkakanı, Orman Alaca Ağaçkakan, Orman alaca ağaçkakanı, orman alaca ağaçkakany, Orman Alaca Aşaçkakan, Үлкен тоқылдақ
Tatar: зур чуар тукран
Tuvinian: Шокар-торга
Udmurt: бадӟым куӵо сизь, сизьпукорась, сиськокась, сиськокчась, сиськукчась, сиськутчась
Ukrainian: djatel velikij, Великий строкатий дятел, дятел великий, Дятел звичайний
Uzbek: катта қизилиштон, ола қизилиштон
Vietnamese: Chim Gõ kiến gáy đỏ, Chim Gõ kiến nhỏ sườn đỏ, Gõ kiến gáy đỏ, Gõ kiến nhỏ sườn đỏ
Sorbian, Lower: šnapac, źiśelc
Sorbian, Upper: dypak, dypornak
Kalmyk: ик алг тоңшур, ик цоохр тоңшур, том алг тоңшур
Chinese: [ban zhuo-mu-niao], [da ban zhuo-mu], [da ban zhuo-mu-niao], 叼木冠, 啄木冠, 大斑啄木, 大斑啄木鳥, 大斑啄木鸟, 斑啄木鸟, 白花啄必鸟, 臭喷打木, 花啄木, 花喷打木, 花锛得儿木, 花锛打木, 赤
Chinese (Traditional): 叼木冠, 啄木冠, 大斑啄木, 大斑啄木鳥, 斑啄木鳥, 白花啄必鳥, 臭噴打木, 花啄木, 花噴打木, 花錛得兒木, 花錛打木, 赤鴷
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 大赤啄木
Chinese (Taiwan): 大赤啄木