What is Great spotted woodpecker?
{{speciesbox | image = Grote bonte specht.JPG | image_width = | image_caption = Adult male ''Dendrocopos major pinetorum'' [[File:Great Spotted Woodpecker (Picoides major) (W1CDR0001405 BD15).ogg|thumb|center|Drumming recorded in Devon, England]] | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN>{{IUCN|id=22681124 |title=''Dendrocopos major'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref> | genus = Dendrocopos | species = major | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | synonyms = ''Picus major'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}} | range_map = Dendrocopos major distribution map.png }} The '''great spotted woodpecker''' (''Dendrocopos major'') is a medium-sized [[woodpecker]] with black and white plumage and a red patch on the lower belly. Males and young birds also have red markings on the neck or head.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ornithology|first=British Trust for|date=2014-02-03|title=Great Spotted Woodpecker|url=https://www.bto.org/understanding-birds/birdfacts/great-spotted-woodpecker|access-date=2024-04-05|website=BTO - British Trust for Ornithology|language=en}}</ref> This species is found across [[Eurasia]] and parts of [[North Africa]]. It is usually [[migration|resident]], but in the North, some migrate if the [[conifer cone]] crop fails. Some individuals have recolonized [[Ireland]], and some have reached [[North America]]. Great-spotted woodpeckers [[chisel]] into trees to find food, excavate nest holes, and drum for contact and territorial advertisement. They have [[anatomy|anatomical]] [[adaptations]] to manage the physical stresses from the hammering. The bird occurs in all types of woodlands and eats a wide range of food. It gets seeds out of [[pine]] cones, insect [[larva]]e from inside trees, and chicks of other birds from their nests. It breeds in holes excavated in living or dead trees, unlined apart from wood chips. When the young [[fledge]] they are f