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[[Image:LevaillantsWoodpecker.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|nick+scarle|nick scarle}}<br />[[Morocco]], March 2004]]
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'''Alternative name: Algerian Woodpecker'''
  
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;Picus vaillantii
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;[[:Category:Picus|Picus]] vaillantii
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[[Image:LevaillantsWoodpecker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by nick scarle<br />Photo taken: Morocco .]]
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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31–33 cm (12-13 in)
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*Dark green upperparts
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*Yellowy-green underparts
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*Red nape
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*Black moustache with a light upper border
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*Yellow rump
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*Black and white barred [[Topography#Wings|primaries]]
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*Grey bill and feet
  
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'''Male''' has a crimson crown<br />
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'''Female''' has a grey crown and red nape
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====Similar Species====
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[[Image:Picus vaillantii 03 Olioso.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Ornitho26|Ornitho26}}<br />Ifrane, [[Morocco]], May 2008]]
  
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The Levaillant’s Woodpecker or Levaillant’s Green Woodpecker (Picus vaillantii) is a large member of the woodpecker family Piciformes. Levaillant’s Green Woodpecker breeds in mountain forests up to the treeline at around 2000m. The nest is a hole in a tree, and 4-8 glossy white eggs are laid on wood chips.
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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==
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Northwest [[Africa]]: found in the Atlas Mountains in [[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], and [[Tunisia]].
  
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Levaillant’s Green Woodpecker is 30-33 cm in length with a 45-51 cm wingspan. It is very similar to the European Green Woodpecker, especially females of the Iberian race P. v. sharpei.
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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Levaillant’s Green Woodpecker is 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.
 
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Sexes are similar except that the male has a crimson crown, whereas the female’s crown is grey. Like .P. v. sharpei, both sexes lack the black on the lores and around the eye shown by most forms of the Green Woodpecker.
 
  
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==Habitat==
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Mountain forests.
  
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==Distribution==
 
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It occurs as a resident breeder in northwest Africa.
 
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==Taxonomy==
 
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==Habitat==
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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This woodpecker’s insect food is captured by a rapid outward flick of the long tongue, and gummed to its tip by sticky saliva. Though a large and heavy bird it has an easy, bounding flight. The call is a loud ringing laugh, plue, plue, plue, very like the Green Woodpecker’s yaffle, but perhaps slightly faster.
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====Diet====
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[[Image:Pito levaillant.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Jose+Ramon|Jose Ramon}}<br />Toufliht, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, [[Morocco]], March 2010]]
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Their diet is chiefly insects, particularly ants, which are captured using their long sticky tongues.
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====Breeding====
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They nest in tree holes. The clutch consists of 4-8 glossy white eggs.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2015)
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#Wikipedia
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#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Picus+vaillantii}}
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[[Category:Birds]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Picus]]

Latest revision as of 14:22, 4 April 2017

Male
Photo by nick scarle
Morocco, March 2004

Alternative name: Algerian Woodpecker

Picus vaillantii

Identification

31–33 cm (12-13 in)

  • Dark green upperparts
  • Yellowy-green underparts
  • Red nape
  • Black moustache with a light upper border
  • Yellow rump
  • Black and white barred primaries
  • Grey bill and feet

Male has a crimson crown
Female has a grey crown and red nape

Similar Species

Female
Photo by Ornitho26
Ifrane, Morocco, May 2008

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: found in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Mountain forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Photo by Jose Ramon
Toufliht, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco, March 2010

Their diet is chiefly insects, particularly ants, which are captured using their long sticky tongues.

Breeding

They nest in tree holes. The clutch consists of 4-8 glossy white eggs.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2015)
  3. Wikipedia
  4. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728
  5. BF Member observations

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External Links

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