European green woodpecker
Picus viridis
Family Picidae. Order Piciformes.
Photo: Ryzhkov Sergey / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Description
The European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), also known as the yaffle and sometimes called a nickle, is a large green woodpecker with a bright red crown and a black moustache.
Traits
- Residency
- resident
- Diet
- ants
- Game species
- no
♪ Bird call
Recording: Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs
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Links
Source: {'label': 'Wikipedia', 'href': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_green_woodpecker'}