A medium-sized woodpecker, the big spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) has a red patch on its lower belly and pied black and white plumage. Red patterns on the head or neck are also seen in juvenile birds and males.

Parts of North Africa are among the Palearctic regions where you can find this species. Typically found as a permanent resident across its range, this species may relocate to the north if the harvest of pine cones is unsuccessful. The recolonization of Ireland in the early 2000s and the spread of vagrancy to North America are both caused by people’s natural inclination to travel. Like other woodpeckers, great spotted woodpeckers have anatomical adaptations to manage the physical pressures from hammering into trees, which they use to find food or dig nest holes. They also drum to make contact and promote their territory. Its behavior is comparable to that of the Syrian woodpecker.

In addition to eating seeds from pine cones and bug larvae from inside trees, this woodpecker can also remove eggs and chicks from nests of other birds. It can be found in all kinds of forests. Boreholes, lined with nothing more than wood chips, can be found in both live and deаd trees, where it can multiply. Four or six white, glossy eggs make up a typical clutch. It takes two people to keep a nest tidy, incubate the eggs, and provide food for the young. For approximately ten days after they fledge, the adults tend to the young, with each parent feeding a portion of the brood.