I'm delighted to announce that my new book is now published. The Green Woodpecker: a monograph on Picus viridis is available from amazon on-line stores. Gerard Gorman.

Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker

 

Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), Ocsa ringing/banding camp, Hungary, August 2020.

Golden-olive Woodpecker in Peru

Male Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus subspecies rubripileus. November 2012. NW Peru.

Eurasian Wryneck

Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla, Slovakia.

Some woodpecker books here

Lots of time to read these days, so maybe get a book on woodpeckers?
http://www.probirder.com/books.html

Pale-billed Woodpecker male

Pale-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus guatemalensis. Male. February 2012. Tortuguero NP, Costa Rica. Gerard Gorman.

Green Woodpecker male

Adult male Eurasian Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis). This one is perched in a tree but nevertheless this is Europe's most 'terrestrial' woodpecker, specialising in ground-dwelling eating ants. SE France, 2020. Thanks to J-M Bompar for a fantastic image.

Puerto Rican Woodpecker

Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis, male. Puerto Rico, November 2014, by Gerard Gorman. 

Male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

A male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor) perched on the top of dry snag. This is the smallest picid species in Europe. SE France, March 2020. Thanks/Merci to J-M Bompar.

Magellanic Woodpecker

Male Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus, Chile, February 2020. A great shot of a foraging bird by Paul Harris. 

Male Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker

Male Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus, nominate race. Belarus, May 2019, by David Carlsson.

White-backed Woodpecker lilfordi race

 Adult male White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos lilfordi.
Abruzzo Mts, Italy, January 2020.
Gerard Gorman. 

Woodpecker art montage

Here is a wonderful montage of some woodpeckers painted by Szabolcs Kokay from Hungary. Enjoy!