Quiz woodpecker 46

Which European woodpecker species is this ?

Gallery: White-backed Woodpecker male

Male White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos nominate race. This superb shot taken by Thomas Hochebner in Austria.

Black Woodpecker foraging site

Typical, large, vertical feeding hole of Black Woodpecker, low-down on a beech. Adult man's hand shows the size. Photo by Gerard Gorman taken in the Western Pyrenees, Navarra, Spain.

Gallery: adult male Black Woodpecker

Adult male Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius at a feeding site. Photo by Mladen Vasilev, Bulgaria. 

Sounds: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor: female drumming

Recorded in May 2011 in Estonia by Gerard Gorman.

Gallery: Syrian Woodpecker Close-up

Close-up of a Syrian Woodpecker. This is the female from the photo in the previous post, though on this shot, at this angle, it is hard to see that. 

Gallery: Syrian Woodpeckers

Three Syrian Woodpeckers. A female, on the left, waits while two males display to each other. September, 2011, Csepel, Budapest, Szabolcs Kokay. Click the photo to enlarge.