Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dendrocopos major, is a species of woodpecker found in cropland, woodland and forest and urban ecosystems.

Dendrocopos major canariensis, the subspecies endemic to Teneriffe in the Canary Islands archipelago, has a breeding population size of 200 pairs and a breeding range size of 950 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Increasing in the short term and Increasing in the long term. Dendrocopos major thanneri, the subspecies endemic to Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands archipelago, has a breeding population size of 1000 pairs and a breeding range size of 420 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Unknown in the short term and Increasing in the long term. All other subspecies of Dendrocopos major have a breeding population size of 4010000-7020000 pairs and a breeding range size of 3720000 square kilometres in the EU27.

The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Increasing in the short term and Increasing in the long term. The EU population status assessment was carried out at the species level, Dendrocopos major. Dendrocopos major has a breeding population size of 4010000-7020000 pairs in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Increasing in the short term and Increasing in the long term.

The EU population status of Dendrocopos major was assessed as Secure, because the species does not meet any of the IUCN Red List criteria for threatened or Near Threatened, or the criteria for Depleted or Declining (the EU27 population or range has not declined by 20% or more since 1980).