Video Clip: Black Woodpecker Female Foraging

Video clip of a female Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius hacking into a log in search of invertebrate prey. The solid downward hits with the bill and then sideways flicks to remove debris, are typical. Shot by Dan Bastaja at Naplas-to, Budapest, Hungary in December 2007.

Quiz woodpecker 28

Which species of European woodpecker is this?

Black Woodpecker Feeding Site on Dead Birch Tree

Fresh feeding site of Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius on a rotten birch tree. Note the large patch of bark peeled away and large wood chips on the ground beneath. Photo taken in the Patvinsuo National Park, Karelia, Finland, July 2009.

Quiz woodpecker 27

Name this woodpecker species and the race concerned.

Gallery: Male Black Woodpecker

Male Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius. Photo by Alexandros Gassios, taken in Greece.

Gallery: Adult Male Syrian Woodpecker - 2

Another view of the adult male Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus posted below. Note the rather bright red undertail coverts. A "classic" Syrian would show more pinkish colouration here, though variation in colour is common. Photo by Alexandros Gassios, Greece.

Gallery: Adult Male Syrian Woodpecker

Adult male Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus. Photo by Alexandros Gassios, Greece.