Species Cards

Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

Group:

Animal, Bird

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Food chain :

Carnivore

What it eats :

Beetle larvae in wood, ants.

Eaten by:

Habitat:

WoodlandWoodland

Description:

The largest of Britain's woodpeckers. The upper body is greeny-grey, with a bright yellow-green rump and red patch on head. They spend as much time on the ground, hunting for ants, as they do in the trees. They make their own nesting holes in rotting trees.

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