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Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei)

Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei)
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei)

About Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
  • Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers

The Iberian green woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker endemic to the Iberian peninsula. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the European green woodpecker but differs in having little black on the head and a dusky rather than a black ring around each eye. Its sound has been described as sibilant, or hiss-like.

Source: Wikipedia

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