Quiz woodpecker 32

This should be quite easy. But is it ? Which European woodpecker species is it ? And why ? And the sex ?

Gallery: Black Woodpecker in Winter

This female (note that only the rear crown is red) Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius was photographed in the Danube Delta, Romania, in December 2009 by Daniel Petrescu.

WINTER WOODPECKER

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Photo of this adult male Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major, taken in Hungary by Laszlo Becsy.

Quiz woodpecker 31

Here is a pair of Middle Spotted Woodpeckers Dendrocopos medius snapped by Uku Paal in Estonia. They are the least dimorphic of all European "pied" woodpeckers. So, which is the male and which is the female?

Gallery: Black Woodpecker Adult Male

This great shot of a male Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius was taken in Hungary by Laszlo Nehezy. Click here to see more of Laszlo's superb photography which includes several woodpeckers.

Gallery: Green Woodpecker adult female sharpei race

Adult female Green Woodpecker Picus viridis sharpei. Photo taken by Mark Etheridge in the Clot de Galvany Nature Reserve (circa 10km south of Alicante) Spain on 18th November 2009. See male at same site, in post below.

Gallery: Green Woodpecker adult male sharpei race

Adult male Green Woodpecker Picus viridis sharpei. The taxonomic status of sharpei race is under discussion and called, when considered a full species, Iberian Woodpecker or Iberian Green Woodpecker. Photo taken by Mark Etheridge in the Clot de Galvany Nature Reserve (circa 10km south of Alicante) Spain on 18th November 2009.