English: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Russian: Малый пёстрый дятел
Mongolian: Цоохор тоншуур, Бага алаг тоншуул
German: Kleinspecht
French: Pic epeichette
Japanese:  コアカゲラ (Ko-aka-gera)

Body length: 14-16 cm
Wing span: 24-29 cm

Resident breeder
Breeding season: May-August 

Egg number: 4-6 (occasionally 3-8)
Egg colour: Glossy white, sometimes with or without any markings.
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Terrestrial insects and their larvae.

Habitat: Breeding pairs nest in trees holes in coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests in mountain taiga, forest steppe, gardens and valleys of rivers and lakes. The tree nest whole entrance is c.3.5-4 cm diameter, with a tunnel curving down to an elongated chamber c.20-22 cm high and 7-8 cm wide. The cavity is unlined.