Iberian Woodpecker

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Iberian Woodpecker
Male
Female
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Picus
Species: P. sharpei
Binomial name
Picus sharpei
(Saunders, 1872)[2]

The Iberian Woodpecker (Picus sharpei), is a medium-sized woodpecker endemic to the Iberian peninsula. It is also known as the Iberic Green Woodpecker.[3] It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the European Green Woodpecker.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Picus sharpei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 9 March 2013. 
  2. Avibase.bsc-eoc.org
  3. BIO diversity4all.org/

Further reading

External links

Media related to Picus viridis sharpei at Wikimedia Commons



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