Great Spotted Woodpecker

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Pied woodpecker. Picus major, Linn.
Showing progress of change in coloration of head, in both sexes.

Artist

Name:: Keulemans, John Gerrard
Dates:: 1842-1912
Country:: Netherlands

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Keulemans, John Gerrard
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Coloured figures of the birds of the British islands, vol. 2
Author:: Powys, Thomas 4th Baron Lilford (issued by)
Publisher:: London: R. H. Porter, 1885-1897
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Description:

The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) is a bird in the family Picidae. It is a widespread woodpecker, common in parks and woodland, and also often seen in gardens. It feeds on insects, small rodents and young birds, and even on seed and fruit.

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