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Sexes are similar except that the male has a crimson crown, whereas the female’s crown is grey. | Sexes are similar except that the male has a crimson crown, whereas the female’s crown is grey. | ||
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| + | Differs from the closely related [[Eurasian Green Woodpecker]] ''Picus viridis'' in lacking black around the eye, and in females having a grey, not red, crown. The [[Eurasian Green Woodpecker#Subspecies|Iberian Green Woodpecker]] ''Picus'' (''viridis'') ''sharpei'' is intermediate. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Northwest [[Africa]] ([[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], and [[Tunisia]]. | + | Northwest [[Africa]] ([[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], and [[Tunisia]]). |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Mountain | + | Mountain forests |
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | This woodpecker’s insect food is captured by a rapid outward flick of the long tongue, and gummed to its tip by sticky saliva. | + | This woodpecker’s insect food, mainly ants, is captured by a rapid outward flick of the long tongue, and gummed to its tip by sticky saliva. |
It nests in a hole in a tree, and 4-8 glossy white eggs are laid on wood chips. | It nests in a hole in a tree, and 4-8 glossy white eggs are laid on wood chips. | ||
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Alternative name: Algerian Woodpecker
- Picus vaillantii
Identification
30-33 cm in length with a 45-51 cm wingspan. Dark green above and yellowish green below, with a crimson nape. The black moustache has a pale border above. The rump is chrome yellow and the outer webs of the primaries are barred black and white. The bill and feet are slate grey.
Sexes are similar except that the male has a crimson crown, whereas the female’s crown is grey.
Differs from the closely related Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis in lacking black around the eye, and in females having a grey, not red, crown. The Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus (viridis) sharpei is intermediate.
Distribution
Northwest Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia).
Taxonomy
Habitat
Mountain forests
Behaviour
This woodpecker’s insect food, mainly ants, is captured by a rapid outward flick of the long tongue, and gummed to its tip by sticky saliva.
It nests in a hole in a tree, and 4-8 glossy white eggs are laid on wood chips.
