Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)

Oulanka National Park, Finland. Aug 10, 2014.

comments (4)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

I was wondering when you were going north :)
https://www.jungledragon.com/user/2959/wildlifemap Posted 9 years ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
  Lion
  
  Haha well I dug this one up from an old folder, but it was only a day outing and it's pretty much the only decent wildlife photo I got from Finland. I'll be back, though (they've got 12 out of 13 European owl species!). Posted 9 years ago

Barry

Lion

One of my favorite birds but really hard to photograph! Posted 8 years ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
  Lion
  
  Absolutely! That's the only individual of the species I've ever seen, actually. Posted 8 years ago

The Black Woodpecker

The Black Woodpecker is a large woodpecker, 45–50 cm long with a 64–84 cm wingspan. Body weight is approximately 300-400 grams on average. It is easily the largest woodpecker in its range. This species is closely related to and fills the same ecological niche in Europe as the Pileated Woodpecker of North America.

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Similar species: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans

Species identified by Thibaud Aronson

By Thibaud Aronson

Uploaded Aug 25, 2016. Captured Aug 10, 2014 06:51 in Liikasenvaarantie 148, 93850 Kuusamo, Finland.

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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.