The Green Woodpecker

The Green Woodpecker (Picus Viridis):





Appearance: I am a Green Woodpecker and can up to 30 cm become long. My clamping width amounts to up to 52 cm and I ranks among the larger kinds of woodpecker in Germany-means top side is dark green, the lower surface is brightly to grey-green colored. My head has a black Facemask from the eyes to the bill is enough. The remainder of my head is red-means tail root is grey green and the ear area is rather whitish. My wings go into the brown and my fitting with springs are grey green. I can become difficult up to ca.180g.





Occurrence: I come into completely Europe except in Scandinavia before and in parts of Asia.Ich live gladly into parks, smaller forests and into strewing fruit meadows. Due to my eating habits I seem to before all only at heights to ca.500 m and in valleys. Food: I look for myself nearly my entire food in the soil, my main food am ants which I with my ca.10 cm am enough tongue from the soil save. I essse in addition, berries, earthworms and spiders or for example flies if it no ants gives or I none finds.





Reproduction: For the reproduction I need first a Broodcave which I a rotten tree build myself. I am already starting from the first Year of Life, Sex hoar frost. The Balz begin mostly in December however it intensify myself only against April. We green woodpeckers are received sogenante season marriages and the female put in May 4-7 eggs, which we breed then alternating. The breeding duration are approx. 16 Days.The young Green Woodpecker read out their parents approx. 1-2 months after it slipped, but they keep still volatile contact to their parents.

by D