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Grey-headed Woodpecker

Animals; Birds

The Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), also known as the Grey-faced Woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family Piciformes.

European Green Woodpecker

Animals; Birds

The Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. There are four subspecies and it occurs in most parts of Europe and in western Asia.

Eurasian Wryneck

Animals; Birds

The Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla, is a species of wryneck in the family of woodpeckers. This species breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia.

Yellow-rumped Honeyguide

Animals; Birds

The Yellow-rumped Honeyguide (Indicator xanthonotus) is a sparrow-sized bird in the honeyguide family that is found in Asia, mainly in montane forests along the Himalayas.

Great Barbet

Animals; Birds

The Great Barbet, Megalaima virens, is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their ...

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Animals; Birds

The Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia ...

Black-capped Kingfisher

Animals; Birds

The Black-capped Kingfisher, Halcyon pileata, is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia.

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