European Green Woodpecker

About this species

This species has 2,480,346 occurrence records from 64 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from France (22.9%), Sweden (20.6%), Germany (11.9%), the United Kingdom (11.4%) and the Netherlands (8%); together they account for 74.7% of the total. In France, this species accounts for 0.96% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Picus viridis combines the genus name Picus with the species epithet viridis. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Picus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Picus canus, Picus sharpei and Picus chlorolophus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 230 species of the family Picidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Dryobates pubescens. Its record count is 6.2 times the family average (400,653). The family Picidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Picidae

• Grey-headed Woodpecker
• Downy Woodpecker
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Pileated woodpecker

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org