European green woodpecker lower black border to the moustache. Juveniles are spotty and streaked all over; the moustache is dark initially, though juvenile males can show some red feathers by early June or usually by July or August. Moult takes place between June and November with the first flight feathers being lost around the time the young fledge. Juveniles moult quickly after fledging and gain their adult plumage between August and November. Although the European green woodpecker is shy and wary, it is usually its loud calls, known as yaffling, which first draw attention. It 'drums' rarely (a soft, fast roll), but often
Yellow-crowned woodpecker Yellow-crowned woodpecker The yellow-crowned woodpecker ("Leiopicus mahrattensis") or Mahratta woodpecker is a species of small pied woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent. The Yellow-crowned woodpecker was originally described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801 under the binomial name "Picus mahrattensis". The taxonomic committee of the British Ornithologists' Union have recommended that the genera Leiopicus and "Dendrocoptes" and are combined into a larger "Dendropicos". Some taxonomists place this species in the genus "Dendrocopos". A medium-small (17.5 cm, 6.9 inches, 28-46 grams, 1-1.6 ounces), pale-headed, pied woodpecker. Upper-parts black, heavily spotted and barred white. Underparts dark, streaked dingy white with