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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Picimorphes > Family: Picidae > Genus: Dryobates > Species: Dryobates minor

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - Dryobates minor (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Near Threatened
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 1 other international agreement
Natura 2000 sites	217 are designated for this species
Natura 2000 species code	A869

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
DE2752302	Germany	Salveytal	Map
DE2931401	Germany	Drawehn	Map
DE2933401	Germany	Lucie	Map
DE3346301	Germany	Tegeler Fließtal	Map
DE3930301	Germany	Fallsteingebiet nördlich Osterwieck	Map
DE4625301	Germany	Ebenhöhe-Liebenberg	Map
DE4825301	Germany	Trimberg bei Reichensachsen	Map
DE4826302	Germany	Eichenberg bei Frieda	Map
DE4920301	Germany	Bernertsgrund bei Löhlbach	Map
DE5021301	Germany	Leistwiesen bei Rommershausen	Map
DE5125303	Germany	Stöckig - Ruppertshöhe	Map
DE5224302	Germany	Moor bei Wehrda	Map
DE5409401	Germany	Ahrmündung	Map
DE5507401	Germany	Ahrgebirge	Map
DE5717301	Germany	Kirdorfer Feld bei Bad Homburg	Map
DE5723302	Germany	Westerngrund von Neuengronau und Breunings	Map
DE5818401	Germany	Main bei Mühlheim und NSG 'Rumpenheimer und Bürgeler Kiesgruben'	Map
DE5819308	Germany	Erlensee bei Erlensee und Bulau bei Hanau	Map
DE5912302	Germany	Lorcher Werth	Map
DE5914303	Germany	Rheinniederung Mainz-Bingen	Map
DE5915301	Germany	Rettbergsaue bei Wiesbaden	Map
DE5916301	Germany	Falkenberg und Geißberg bei Flörsheim	Map
DE5920401	Germany	Bong'sche Grube und Mainflinger Mainufer	Map
DE6016401	Germany	Mainmündung und Ginsheimer Altrhein	Map
DE6017304	Germany	Mönchbruch von Mörfelden u.Rüsselsheim u.Gundwiesen von Mörfelden	Map
DE6018305	Germany	Kranichsteiner Wald mit Hegbachaue,Mörsbacher Grund u. Silzwiesen	Map
DE6316401	Germany	Lampertheimer Altrhein	Map
DE6505301	Germany	Steilhänge der Saar	Map
DE6508301	Germany	Naturschutzgroßvorhaben Ill	Map
DE6519304	Germany	Odenwald bei Hirschhorn	Map
DE6914301	Germany	Bienwaldschwemmfächer	Map
EE0010173	Estonia	Lahemaa	Map
EE0040344	Estonia	Põhja-Liivimaa	Map
ES0000143	Spain	Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel y Ría de Ajo	Map
ES0000329	Spain	Embalse de Valdecañas	Map
ES0000355	Spain	Hurdes	Map
ES1200038	Spain	Carbayera de El Tragamón	Map
ES1300007	Spain	Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel	Map
ES4320039	Spain	Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque	Map
FR1110102	France	Marais d'Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte	Map
IT1140011	Italy	Val Grande	Map
IT1321205	Italy	Rocchetta Cairo	Map
IT1323115	Italy	Lago di Osiglia	Map
IT1323920	Italy	Monte Galero	Map
IT1330213	Italy	Conglomerato di Vobbia	Map
IT1330620	Italy	Pian della Badia (Tiglieto)	Map
IT1330905	Italy	Parco dell'Antola	Map
IT1331019	Italy	Lago Brugneto	Map
IT2010007	Italy	Palude Brabbia	Map
IT2010011	Italy	Paludi di Arsago	Map
IT2010012	Italy	Brughiera del Dosso	Map
IT2010014	Italy	Turbigaccio, Boschi di Castelletto e Lanca di Bernate	Map
IT2020003	Italy	Palude di Albate	Map
IT2020005	Italy	Lago di Alserio	Map
IT2020006	Italy	Lago di Pusiano	Map
IT2020007	Italy	Pineta pedemontana di Appiano Gentile	Map
IT2050002	Italy	Boschi delle Groane	Map
IT2050003	Italy	Valle del Rio Pegorino	Map
IT2050005	Italy	Boschi della Fagiana	Map
IT2050010	Italy	Oasi di Lacchiarella	Map
IT2060015	Italy	Bosco de l'Isola	Map
IT2080002	Italy	Basso corso e sponde del Ticino	Map
IT2080011	Italy	Abbazia Acqualunga	Map
IT2080015	Italy	San Massimo	Map
IT2080016	Italy	Boschi del Vignolo	Map
IT2080019	Italy	Boschi di Vaccarizza	Map
IT2080301	Italy	Boschi del Ticino	Map
IT20A0001	Italy	Morta di Pizzighettone	Map
IT20B0011	Italy	Bosco Fontana	Map
IT3320026	Italy	Risorgive dello Stella	Map
IT4020021	Italy	Medio Taro	Map
IT4050001	Italy	Gessi Bolognesi, Calanchi dell'Abbadessa	Map
IT4050012	Italy	Contrafforte Pliocenico	Map
IT4070011	Italy	Vena del Gesso Romagnola	Map
IT5120016	Italy	Macchia lucchese	Map
IT5140004	Italy	Giogo - Colla di Casaglia	Map
IT5170002	Italy	Selva Pisana	Map
IT5180002	Italy	Foreste Alto Bacino dell'Arno	Map
IT5180004	Italy	Camaldoli, Scodella, Campigna, Badia Prataglia	Map
IT5180018	Italy	Foreste di Camaldoli e Badia Prataglia	Map
IT5210001	Italy	Boschi di Monti di Sodolungo - Rosso (Città di Castello)	Map
IT5210003	Italy	Fiume Tevere tra San Giustino e Pierantonio	Map
IT5210004	Italy	Boschi di Pietralunga	Map
IT5210005	Italy	Gola del Corno di Catria	Map
IT5210007	Italy	Valle delle Prigioni (Monte Cucco)	Map
IT5210009	Italy	Monte Cucco (sommità)	Map
IT5210012	Italy	Boschi di Montelovesco - Monte delle Portole	Map
IT5210015	Italy	Valle del Torrente Nese - Monti Acuto - Corona	Map
IT5210023	Italy	Colli Selvalonga - Il Monte (Assisi)	Map
IT5210071	Italy	Monti Sibillini (versante umbro)	Map
IT5210072	Italy	Palude di Colfiorito	Map
IT5210074	Italy	Poggio Pantano (Scheggia)	Map
IT5210075	Italy	Boschi e pascoli di Fratticiola Selvatica (Valfabbrica)	Map
IT5210076	Italy	Monte Alago (Nocera Umbra)	Map
IT7221132	Italy	Monte di Mezzo	Map
IT9210020	Italy	Bosco Cupolicchio	Map
IT9210105	Italy	Dolomiti di Pietrapertosa	Map
IT9210190	Italy	Monte Paratiello	Map
IT9210195	Italy	Monte Raparo	Map
IT9210200	Italy	Monte Sirino	Map
IT9210205	Italy	Monte Volturino	Map
IT9210210	Italy	Monte Vulture	Map
IT9220055	Italy	Bosco Pantano di Policoro e Costa Ionica Foce Sinni	Map
IT9220130	Italy	Foresta Gallipoli - Cognato	Map
IT9220260	Italy	Valle Basento Grassano Scalo - Grottole	Map
LU0002005	Luxembourg	Vallée de l'Ernz Blanche de Bourglinster à Fischbach	Map
LV0100400	Latvia	Krustkalnu dabas rezervats	Map
LV0100500	Latvia	Teicu dabas rezervats	Map
LV0302100	Latvia	Abavas senleja	Map
LV0523400	Latvia	Ances purvi un mezi	Map
LV0528900	Latvia	Panemunes mezi	Map
PLB040003	Poland	Dolina Dolnej Wisły	Map
IT9210115	Italy	Faggeta di Monte Pierfaone	Map
IT9310056	Italy	Bosco di Mavigliano	Map
DE6018307	Germany	Neuwiese und Wald nordöstlich von Messel	Map
IT9210270	Italy	Appennino Lucano, Monte Volturino	Map
IT5220014	Italy	Valle del Serra (Monti Martani)	Map
DE6519450	Germany	Unteres Neckartal bei Hirschhorn	Map
IT5210017	Italy	Boschi di Pischiello - Torre Civitella	Map
IT2010022	Italy	Alnete del Lago di Varese	Map
IT5210027	Italy	Monte Subasio (sommità)	Map
IT7212126	Italy	Pantano Zittola - Feudo Valcocchiara	Map
IT2080703	Italy	Po di Pieve Porto Morone	Map
DE5821303	Germany	Hailerer Sonnenberg und angrenzende Magerasenflächen	Map
IT7218215	Italy	Abeti Soprani - Monte Campo - Monte Castelbarone - Sorgenti del Verde	Map
IT7218217	Italy	Bosco Vallazzuna	Map
IT20A0401	Italy	Riserva Regionale Bosco Ronchetti	Map
IT2040403	Italy	Riserva Regionale Paluaccio di Oga	Map
DE5728471	Germany	Haßbergetrauf und Bundorfer Wald	Map
IT3341002	Italy	Aree Carsiche della Venezia Giulia	Map
IT5140012	Italy	Vallombrosa e Bosco di S. Antonio	Map
IT20B0501	Italy	Viadana, Portiolo, San Benedetto Po e Ostiglia	Map
DE7744471	Germany	Salzach und Inn	Map
IT7212124	Italy	Bosco Monte di Mezzo-Monte Miglio-Pennataro-Monte Capraro-Monte Cavallerizzo	Map
IT9210180	Italy	Monte della Madonna di Viggiano	Map
IT9210240	Italy	Serra di Calvello	Map
IT4050029	Italy	Boschi di San Luca e Destra Reno	Map
IT2040401	Italy	Parco Regionale Orobie Valtellinesi	Map
PLB320019	Poland	Ostoja Drawska	Map
IT5210025	Italy	Ansa degli Ornari (Perugia)	Map
IT5220013	Italy	Monte Torre Maggiore (Monti Martani)	Map
DE6117403	Germany	Prinzenberg bei Darmstadt-Eberstadt	Map
DE4822304	Germany	Untere Eder	Map
IT2080701	Italy	Po da Albaredo Arnaboldi ad Arena Po	Map
DE4720304	Germany	Edersee-Steilhänge	Map
DE6017401	Germany	Mönchbruch und Wälder bei Mörfelden-Walldorf und Groß-Gerau	Map
DE4917350	Germany	Obere Eder	Map
IT7212121	Italy	Gruppo della Meta - Catena delle Mainarde	Map
DE6417450	Germany	Wälder der südlichen hessischen Oberrheinebene	Map
IT2010019	Italy	Monti della Valcuvia	Map
IT9220030	Italy	Bosco di Montepiano	Map
DE6116450	Germany	Hessisches Ried mit Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue	Map
IT5220021	Italy	Piani di Ruschio (Stroncone)	Map
DE5325350	Germany	Ulsteraue	Map
IT4020024	Italy	San Genesio	Map
IT9210070	Italy	Bosco Vaccarizzo	Map
IT9210035	Italy	Bosco di Rifreddo	Map
DE6016402	Germany	Streuobst-Trockenwiesen bei Nauheim und Königstädten	Map
IT9210045	Italy	Bosco Mangarrone (Rivello)	Map
IT5210016	Italy	Boschi di Castel Rigone	Map
IT9210185	Italy	Monte La Spina, Monte Zaccana	Map
DE6533471	Germany	Nürnberger Reichswald	Map
DE5325308	Germany	Nüst ab Mahlerts	Map
DE5914450	Germany	Inselrhein	Map
DE6139471	Germany	Waldnaabaue westlich Tirschenreuth	Map
IT20A0015	Italy	Bosco Ronchetti	Map
DE5722401	Germany	Spessart bei Bad Orb	Map
IT4020026	Italy	Boschi dei Ghirardi	Map
FR5212007	France	Marais du Mès, baie et dunes de Pont-Mahé, étang du Pont de Fer	Map
IT5210046	Italy	Valnerina	Map
DE6217403	Germany	Hessische Altneckarschlingen	Map
IT9210143	Italy	Lago Pertusillo	Map
IT5210042	Italy	Lecceta di Sassovivo (Foligno)	Map
IT9210110	Italy	Faggeta di Moliterno	Map
IT4020022	Italy	Basso Taro	Map
DE4926350	Germany	Boyneburg und Schickeberg bei Breitau	Map
IT5210038	Italy	Sasso di Pale	Map
IT2080501	Italy	Risaie della Lomellina	Map
IT3340006	Italy	Carso Triestino e Goriziano	Map
IT20A0013	Italy	Lanca di Gerole	Map
IT7212125	Italy	Pesche - MonteTotila	Map
IT9210170	Italy	Monte Caldarosa	Map
IT9210140	Italy	Grotticelle di Monticchio	Map
DE7932471	Germany	Ammerseegebiet	Map
IT20A0014	Italy	Lancone di Gussola	Map
IT20B0015	Italy	Pomponesco	Map
IT20B0402	Italy	Riserva Regionale Garzaia di Pomponesco	Map
DE5624307	Germany	Stoppelsberg bei Weichersbach und Haag-Stiftes bei Oberzell	Map
DE6116350	Germany	Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue	Map
IT5210077	Italy	Boschi a Farnetto di Collestrada (Perugia)	Map
IT9210271	Italy	Appennino Lucano, Valle Agri, Monte Sirino, Monte Raparo	Map
DE6216450	Germany	Rheinauen bei Biblis und Groß-Rohrheim	Map
IT20A0402	Italy	Riserva Regionale Lanca di Gerole	Map
IT2010502	Italy	Canneti del Lago Maggiore	Map
DE6217404	Germany	Jägersburger / Gernsheimer Wald	Map
DE6019401	Germany	Sandkiefernwälder in der östlichen Untermainebene	Map
ROSPA0062	Romania	Lacurile de acumulare de pe Argeș	Map
DE2725301	Germany	Lüneburger Heide	Map
DE2446401	Germany	Waldlandschaft bei Cölpin	Map
DE2243401	Germany	Wald bei Grammentin	Map
IT9210150	Italy	Monte Coccovello - Monte Crivo - Monte Crive	Map
IT9210266	Italy	Valle del Tuorno - Bosco Luceto	Map
IT4090006	Italy	Versanti occidentali del Monte Carpegna, Torrente Messa, Poggio di Miratoio	Map
IT5150003	Italy	Appennino pratese	Map
AT2218000	Austria	Feistritzklamm/Herberstein	Map
AT2213000	Austria	Steirische Grenzmur mit Gamlitzbach und Gnasbach	Map
AT2230000	Austria	Teile des südoststeirischen Hügellandes inklusive Höll und Grabenlandbäche	Map
AT2208000	Austria	Lafnitztal - Neudauer Teiche	Map
AT2225000	Austria	Demmerkogel-Südhänge, Wellinggraben mit Sulm-, Saggau- und Laßnitzabschnitten und Pößnitzbach	Map
ROSPA0140	Romania	Scroviștea	Map
ROSPA0114	Romania	Cursul Mijlociu al Someșului	Map
IT4020027	Italy	Cronovilla	Map
IT4050032	Italy	Monte dei Cucchi, Pian di Balestra	Map
IT2080024	Italy	Sassi Neri - Pietra Corva	Map
IT9210280	Italy	Gole del Platano	Map
IT9210285	Italy	Fiume Melandro	Map
IT9210290	Italy	Vallone delle Ripe, Torrente Malta e Monte Giano	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies. (Dendrocopos minor)		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (All species of Picidae)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Dvergspett	Norwegian	Direktoratet for Naturforvaltning
Kis fakopáncs	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kleine Bonte Specht	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kleinspecht	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Mindre hackspett	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pic épeichette	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pica-pau-malhado-pequeno	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Picchio rosso minore	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pico Menor	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pikkutikka	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Strakapoud malý	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
Dendrocopos minor	(Linnaeus, 1758)
All species of Picidae

Other resources

Fauna Europaea search	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information

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