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Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Middle spotted woodpecker (Leiopicus medius)
Lesser spotted woodpecker (Picoides minor)
Lesser spotted woodpecker (Picoides minor)
Lesser spotted woodpecker (Picoides minor)
Grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus)
Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Woodpeckers
1. There are more than 200 types of woodpeckers in the world!
2. In Ukraine, you can meet 10 species.
3. The largest - American royal woodpecker - had a length of almost 60 cm
and weighed 600 g, but this species is considered extinct.
4. Today is the largest - Great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus). It weighs up to 500 g.
5. And the smallest is Bar-breasted piculet (Picumnus aurifrons). His weight is only 7 g, and it looks like a hummingbird in size.
6. In Ukraine, the largest is Black woodpecker, a real flying jackhammer)
7. The smallest in Ukraine is Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. He prefers to eat in the reeds - the forces do not allow him to beat the bark of trees)
2. In Ukraine, you can meet 10 species.
3. The largest - American royal woodpecker - had a length of almost 60 cm
and weighed 600 g, but this species is considered extinct.
4. Today is the largest - Great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus). It weighs up to 500 g.
5. And the smallest is Bar-breasted piculet (Picumnus aurifrons). His weight is only 7 g, and it looks like a hummingbird in size.
6. In Ukraine, the largest is Black woodpecker, a real flying jackhammer)
7. The smallest in Ukraine is Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. He prefers to eat in the reeds - the forces do not allow him to beat the bark of trees)
Ukraine Birds & Wildlife Photography
® Eugene Shnaider