Woodpeckers in Latvia
Our list for Latvia has 4 woodpeckers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Latvia 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
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisPassage migrantUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Jan–May
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