European green woodpecker to split this species into three distinct species: "P. viridis" (Linnaeus, 1758) and "P. innominatus" (Sarudny & Loudon, 1905). The Iberian green woodpecker, ("P. sharpei"), has been split by some taxonomists including the IOC. More than 75% of the range of the European green woodpecker is in Europe, where it is absent from some northern and eastern parts and from Ireland, Greenland and the Macaronesian Islands, but otherwise distributed widely. Over half of the European population is thought to be in France, Spain and Germany, with substantial numbers also in Portugal, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Russia, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria.
Little woodpecker Little woodpecker The little woodpecker ("Veniliornis passerinus") is a species of bird in the family Picidae, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks. It is found in a wide range of wooded habitats in a large part of South America east of the Andes, and generally common. Unlike other similar and comparably sized members of the genus "Veniliornis", the little woodpecker lacks a contrasting yellow nape. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the little woodpecker in his "Ornithologie" based on a specimen collected in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). He used the French name "Le petit pic de