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Eurasian Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis
Picidae Low risk

The European green woodpecker, also known as the yaffle and sometimes called a nickle, is a large green woodpecker with a bright red crown and a black moustache. Males have a red centre to the moustache stripe which is absent in females. It is resident across much of Europe and the western Palearctic but in Spain and Portugal it is replaced by the similar Iberian green woodpecker.

Summary from Wikipedia

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Carlo Fracasso · xeno-canto 787427

At a glance

Family
Picidae
Group
Woodpeckers and Allies
Conservation status
Low risk

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