Iberian Green Woodpecker

Picus sharpei

The Iberian green woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker endemic to the Iberian peninsula. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the European green woodpecker but differs in having little black on the head and a dusky rather than a black ring around each eye. Its sound has been described as sibilant, or hiss-like. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 3,038 times across 6 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

See the Iberian Green Woodpecker on the live map

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

Download every area as CSV

Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.