Levaillant's Woodpecker (Picus vaillantii)
About the Levaillant's Woodpecker
Levaillant's woodpecker (Picus vaillantii) or Levaillant's green woodpecker, is a large northwest African member of the woodpecker family Picidae. Levaillant's woodpecker is sometimes considered a subspecies of the European green woodpecker. It is monotypic, with no subspecies. This species was named in honour of the French explorer, collector and ornithologist, François Le Vaillant. Levaillant's woodpecker is found in the Atlas Mountains in the three Maghreb countries Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, in northwest Africa. It breeds in mountain forests up to the treeline at around 2000 metres.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 50 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisrecording
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canusrecording
- Laced WoodpeckerPicus vittatusrecording
- Lesser YellownapePicus chlorolophusrecording
- Streak-throated WoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.