Black Woodpecker

About this species

This species has 1,227,921 occurrence records from 66 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (38.1%), France (12.7%), the Netherlands (12.5%), Norway (6%) and Finland (5.9%); together they account for 75.1% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.46% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Dryocopus martius combines the genus name Dryocopus with the species epithet martius. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Dryocopus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Dryocopus pileatus, Dryocopus lineatus and Dryocopus javensis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 230 species of the family Picidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Dryobates pubescens. Its record count is 3.1 times the family average (400,653). The family Picidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Picidae

• Pileated woodpecker
• Lineated Woodpecker
• Downy Woodpecker
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• European Green Woodpecker
• Acorn Woodpecker
• Red-headed Woodpecker

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org