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The colourful Green
Woodpecker has a bright red cap, red moustache (male) and blue-white eyes.
It has a call like a car alarm or cackling laugh. It will visit gardens
looking for ants' nests. |
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The female Green
Woodpecker has similar plumage but with a black moustache. The
juvenile is similar but with a speckled front and back. |
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Although called a
woodpecker, it is more usually seen digging its beak in grass
looking for insects, especially ants. Woodpeckers have extremely
long, sticky tongues to scoop out insects. |
