Eurasian Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

The European green woodpecker, also known as the yaffle and sometimes called a nickle, is a large green woodpecker with a bright red crown and a black moustache. Males have a red centre to the moustache stripe which is absent in females. It is resident across much of Europe and the western Palearctic but in Spain and Portugal it is replaced by the similar Iberian green woodpecker.

Scientific name

Picus viridis

Family

Woodpeckers

IUCN status

LC

Birds of Conservation Concern

Green