Juv Lesser Spot female? Very small appearence and bill especially; overall dull colours and no red suggests it is a female... Am I right? Ah and by the way today I just recieved my copy of "Woodpeckers of Europe" and I'm just marvelling at the book! Absolutely great work and of course the illustrations are simply magnificent. Well done! ;)
Domen, Of course, you are right, a juvenile Lesser Spotted. Hard to tell at that age about the sex, but yes, probably a female. Glad yoiu like the book. Look out for my next one, due out in a month or so.
Yeah I thought that too about the sex, but then looked at the plates in your book and opted for the female. Great about the book...I'm looking forward to see it.
is dedicated to the 10 species of woodpecker (Picidae) that breed in Europe: 9 resident species and the migratory Wryneck. 8 of these 10 also occur outside Europe, with the distribution of Eurasian Three-toed, White-backed, Lesser Spotted, Great Spotted, Black & Grey-headed Woodpeckers stretching eastwards from the Western Palearctic into Asia, whilst Syrian is found in the Middle East & Asia Minor & Wryneck winters in Africa. The global ranges of Green & Middle Spotted Woodpeckers are confined to the Western Palearctic.
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The Black Woodpecker - a monograph on Dryocopus martius
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Woodpeckers of Europe - A Study of the European Picidae
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Juv Lesser Spot female? Very small appearence and bill especially; overall dull colours and no red suggests it is a female... Am I right?
Ah and by the way today I just recieved my copy of "Woodpeckers of Europe" and I'm just marvelling at the book! Absolutely great work and of course the illustrations are simply magnificent. Well done! ;)
Domen, Of course, you are right, a juvenile Lesser Spotted. Hard to tell at that age about the sex, but yes, probably a female. Glad yoiu like the book. Look out for my next one, due out in a month or so.
Yeah I thought that too about the sex, but then looked at the plates in your book and opted for the female. Great about the book...I'm looking forward to see it.
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