Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos minor (Linnaeus, 1758)

		male Femail
2012-11-20 Kokorya, Altai Republic. 2014-04-05 Krasnoyarsk	© Sergey Pisarevskiy © Igor Latysh

Biology

Rare resident. Inhabits the deciduous, rarer mixed pine-birch forests and groves or shrub thickets with singles trees, both on plains and in mountains at altitudes to 1500-1700 m in Altai. Breeds in separate pairs, nest is located in tree hole (birch, asp, willow, apple-tree or poplar) at height 0.5-10, usually about 2 m above the ground. Clutch of 5-9 eggs is laid in May – early June, juveniles fledge in early June – July. Autumn dispersal begins in end of July.

References

В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Сибири". Москва-Екатеринбург, Изд-во "Кабинетный ученый", 2014.