European Green Woodpecker

Taken at Portmoak Moss on 28th June 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Fact File

European Green Woodpecker.
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Local names: 		Picus viridis.
Piciformes.
Picidae.
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Old deciduous trees.
Grassland, heaths, plantations, orchards and lawns.
30 - 36 cms.
45 - 15 cms.
Mainly Ants, with other insects and small reptiles occasionally.
Both sexes are green above and pale yellowish green below, with yellow rump and red crown and nape; the moustachial stripe has a red centre in the male but is solid black in the female.
March - May
4 - 6 white eggs.

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