Iberian Green Woodpecker

Picus sharpei (Saunders, H, 1872)

Iberian Green Woodpecker, Picus sharpei, is a woodpecker of the Iberian Peninsula in the Palearctic. It was described by Saunders in 1872. It is set apart from the European green woodpecker by having less black on the head and a dark eye-ring rather than a black one. Its voice has been described as hiss-like. It was once treated as part of the European green woodpecker, but is now recognised as a separate species. It has no recognised subspecies.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Breeding range

Palearctic: Iberian Pen.