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title: "Dendrocopos minor"
description: "Dryobates minor — Uccelli. The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor) is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/lesser-spotted-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dendrocopos minor

> Dryobates minor — Uccelli. The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor) is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Dryobates minor*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 17239
- Wikidata: [Q184518](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184518)
- iNaturalist taxon: [792977](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/792977)

## Names

- en: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- de: Kleinspecht
- es: Pico Menor
- fr: Pic épeichette
- it: Dendrocopos minor
- nl: Kleine bonte specht
- pt: Pica-pau-malhado-pequeno
- pl: Dzięciołek

## Countries with the most observations

RU (9401), FR (767), DE (591), ES (482), FI (476), UA (357), PT (284), PL (272), IT (270), AT (216), CZ (180), SE (160)

## Summary

The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor) is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. It was formerly assigned to the genus Dendrocopos (sometimes incorrectly spelt as Dendrocopus). Some taxonomic authorities continue to list the species there.
The range of the lesser spotted woodpecker is the Palearctic region, but several subspecies are recognised.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_spotted_woodpecker

## Photo

![Dendrocopos minor](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-spotted-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Анна Анисимова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106299082

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-spotted-woodpecker?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).