Eurasian Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

(P. v. karelini)

Armenian Name:	Կանաչ փայտփոր

See Plate 38 for Eurasian Green Woodpecker and other similar species

Resident Status:	Year-round resident
Abundance:	Uncommon
Length:	31-33 cm, Wing Span:40-42 cm
Distribution Map:	Map 196.
Description:	Green upperparts with yellow rump; paler underparts.
Adult:	Black-and-red head with white eye. Male has red mustache edged black and bright yellow rump. Female has entirely black mustache and duller rump.
Juvenile:	Pale tips to feathers of upperparts; dark streaks and bars on head and underparts.
Behavior:	Feeds at anthills and at medium heights in trees. Seldom drums; call a loud series of descending laughing notes.
Habitat:	Moist deciduous forest.
Food:	Ants, bark beetles.
Nest:	Cavity in tree.
Eggs:	32 mm, 5-7, white.