European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridis
Conservation Status
Least ConcernAves · Piciformes · Picidae
About
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.
Fun Fact
European Green Woodpeckers get most of their food by digging into ant colonies with their extraordinarily long, sticky tongues that wrap around their skulls.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Found in semi-open landscapes with small woodlands, hedges, scattered old trees, edges of forests and floodplain forests.
Diet
Insectivore
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance