European Green Woodpecker vs Lesser Yellownape

European Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

Medium176 gForest

The European green woodpecker measures 30–36 cm (12–14 in) in length with a 45–51 cm (18–20 in) wingspan. Both sexes are green above and pale yellowish green below, with yellow rump and red crown and nape; the moustachial stripe has a red centre in the male but is solid black in the female. The lores and around the white eye are black in both male and female, except in the Iberian race P. v. subsp. sharpei, in which it is dark grey and males have only a lower black border to the moustache.

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Recorded by Christian Kahle · Uncertain · Schneverdingen, Germany · CC0

Photo: Alexis Lours · CC BY 4.0

Lesser Yellownape

Picus chlorolophus

Medium65 gForest

The lesser yellownape is a largish species at 27 cm in length. It has a typical woodpecker shape. The upperparts are green apart from the bright yellow tufted nape. The neck and breast are green and the belly is whitish, finely barred with green. The rump and tail are blackish. The adult male lesser yellownape has a green head with a white throat. He has red markings above the eye and above the nape, and red moustachial stripes. Females have only a red patch above the ear coverts. Young birds are like the female, but duller. The subspecies occurring in peninsular India has a greyer head.

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Recorded by Dinesh Chaudhary · Song · Dang (near Songir), Gujarat, India · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0

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