#0633 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Green Woodpecker

🇳🇱 Groene specht ·Picus viridis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Andrea Poggi · CC BY 4.0
2. © toppieronnie77 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Karsten Rohweder · CC BY 4.0
5. © Dmitry P. · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © hedera.baltica · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Zuid-Holland, NL:© karliatje · CC BY 4.0
8. Gouderak, Netherlands:© Colton Veltkamp · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Nieuwe Niedorp, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Nationaal Park Veluwezoom, Velp, Netherlands:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The European green woodpecker ( Picus viridis ) is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. There are four subspecies and it occurs in most parts of Europe and in western Asia. All have green upperparts, paler yellowish underparts, a red crown and moustachial stripe which has a red centre in males but is all black in females.

base stats

NL sightings 422iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 39,093iNaturalist observations
weight 193 gadult, up to
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).