green woodpecker

American  

noun

1. a woodpecker, Picus viridis, of Eurasia and northern Africa, having green plumage with a yellow rump and red on the top of the head.

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green woodpecker British  

noun

1. a European woodpecker, Picus viridis, with a dull green back and wings and a red crown

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Example Sentences

Photograph: Martin Le May/Peter Lawson/East News Press Agency Surely amateur photographer Martin Le-May’s snap of a weasel hitching a lift on a green woodpecker, which went viral earlier this year, is the favourite?

From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2015

Mr. Croker’s dæmon, a green woodpecker, drilled vigorously into a waste piece of pine with a sound like a machine gun.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

W. A little further on I saw a green woodpecker fly to a tree, and run up the trunk like a cat.

From Types of Children's Literature by Barnes, Walter

Under the vault of the trees the cry of the green woodpecker has magic sounds.

From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Cannan, Gilbert

W. A little farther on I saw a green woodpecker fly to a tree, and run up the trunk like a cat.

From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories by Mabie, Hamilton Wright