European green woodpecker hole is excavated in a tree; four to six eggs are laid which hatch after 19–20 days. The European green woodpecker measures 30–36 cm in length with a 45–51 cm 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
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