Picus viridis

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,679 meters (0 to 5,509 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     3.8     Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 27-Dec-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Picus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. awokera (Japanese Green Woodpecker) · P. awokera awokera (Japanese Green Woodpecker) · P. canus (Black-Naped Green Woodpecker) · P. canus canus (Black-Naped Green Woodpecker) · P. chlorolophus (Lesser Yellow-Naped Woodpecker) · P. chlorolophus chlorolophus (Lesser Yellow-Naped Woodpecker) · P. erythropygius (Black-Headed Woodpecker) · P. erythropygius erythropygius (Black-Headed Woodpecker) · P. flavinucha (Greater Yellow-Naped Woodpecker) · P. flavinucha flavinucha (Greater Yellow-Naped Woodpecker) · P. mentalis (Checker-Throated Woodpecker) · P. mineaceus (Banded Red Woodpecker) · P. miniaceus (Banded Red Woodpecker) · P. miniaceus miniaceus (Banded Red Woodpecker) · P. puniceus (Crimson-Winged Woodpecker) · P. puniceus puniceus (Crimson-Winged Woodpecker) · (Red-Collared Woodpecker) · P. squamatus (Scaly-Bellied Woodpecker) · P. squamatus squamatus (Scaly-Bellied Woodpecker) · P. vaillantii (Levaillant's Green Woodpecker) · P. viridanus (Streak-Breasted Woodpecker) · P. viridis (European Green Woodpecker) · P. viridis viridis (Eurasian Green Woodpecker) · P. vittatus (Laced Green Woodpecker) · P. vittatus vittatus (Laced Green Woodpecker) · P. xanthopygaeus (Streak-Throated Woodpecker)

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Notes

Contributors

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• Senckenberg, Collection Aves
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Herts Bird Club - Hertfordshire Breeding Bird Atlas : 1988-1992
• University of Gdansk, Bird Migration Research Station, Ringing Data from the Bird Migration Research Station, University of Gdańsk
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11562
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-686546
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2494622
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554121
• IUCN ID: 232821
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 150118

Footnotes

1. Mean = 425.230 meters (1,395.112 feet), Standard Deviation = 205.830 based on 1,548 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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