Picus viridis
From LSJ
πολλὰ δ' ἄναντα κάταντα πάραντά τε δόχμιά τ' ἦλθον → and ever upward, downward, sideward, and aslant they went
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The European green woodpecker (Picus viridis) is a large green woodpecker with a bright red crown and a black moustache. Males have a red centre to the moustache stripe which is absent in females. It is resident across much of Europe and the western Palearctic but in Spain and Portugal it is replaced by the similar Iberian green woodpecker (Picus sharpei).
