Woodpeckers Of Europe: December 2012

Sunday, 23 December 2012

Galley: Eurasian Green Woodpecker in snow

This male (note red malar stripe) Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis, is digging through snow to get at prey. Photo taken in Budapest, Hungary. December 23rd, 2012, by Gerard Gorman.

Monday, 10 December 2012

Woodpeckers of Europe...

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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Gerard Gorman: gerard@probirder.com