#1170 · 🐦 birds

Iberian Green Woodpecker

🇳🇱 Iberische Groene Specht ·Picus sharpei

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The Iberian green woodpecker ( Picus sharpei ) is a medium-sized woodpecker endemic to the Iberian peninsula. It is also known as the Iberian woodpecker . It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the European green woodpecker.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,186iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,186 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Howard Saunders in 1872 (154 years ago).