What is European green woodpecker?
{{speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22725022/0 |title=''Picus viridis'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2013 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref> | image = RO B Carol Park green woodpecker crop.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = European green woodpecker (male) | genus = Picus | species = viridis | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] | range_map = Picus viridis dis.png | range_map_caption = Range | synonyms = ''Gecinus viridis''<ref name=gecinus>[[John Gould]] describes the green woodpecker, ''Gecinus viridis'' in ''The Birds of Great Britain'' ([https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53040839 vol. 3, 1873, plate 74]).</ref> }} The '''European green woodpecker''' (''Picus viridis''), or European green woodpecker, is a member of the [[woodpecker]] family [[Picidae]]. It occurs in most of [[Europe]] and in western [[Asia]]. There are four [[subspecies]]. All have green upperparts, paler yellowish underparts, and a red crown. The woodpecker spends much of its time feeding on [[ant]]s on the ground and does not often 'drum' on trees like other woodpecker species. It is a shy bird but usually draws attention with its loud calls. A nest hole is excavated in a tree; four to six eggs are laid which hatch after 19–20 days. It gives a loud call known as [http://www.10x50.com/Sound_files/yaffle_w.WAV yaffling]. Old [[deciduous]] trees for nesting, and nearby feeding grounds with plenty of [[ant]]s, is essential. This is usually found in semi-open [[landscape]]s with small [[woodlands]], [[hedges]], scattered old trees, edges of [[forests]] and [[floodplain]] forests. Suitable [[habitats]] for foraging include [[grassland]], [[heaths]], [[Forestry|plantations]], [[orchard]]s and [[lawn]]s.<ref>Alder D. & Marsden S. 2010. Characteristics of feeding‐site selection by breeding green woodpeckers ''Picus viridis'' in a UK agricultural landscape. '