Woodpeckers in Croatia
Our list for Croatia has 4 woodpeckers recorded regularly there: 3 residents and 1 summer visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Croatia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 14–16 cm
- Wryneck 16–18 cm
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 23–26 cm
- European Green Woodpecker 30–36 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made