Avibase: Picus sharpei (Iberian Green Woodpecker)

Iberian Green Woodpecker

Picus sharpei (Saunders, H 1872)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Jacobo Ramil MIllarengo	2021-02-27	Sisalde, Ames, A Coruña, Galicia, Ames (Spain) (30 m)	call - amplificated 6dB. Series of 20 to 25 laughing notes. 24-28 seconds of silence gaps between series bird-seen:no playback-used:no	625965 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Jorge Leitão	2025-06-18	Praia Fluvial de Merelim (São Paio), Braga, Braga, Braga (Portugal) (20 m)	song - [sono]	1007628 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	SonoNatura	2025-04-10	Vega de Toledo (near Polán), Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Polán (Spain) (600 m)	call - Woodpecker perched on the branches of an almond tree and after calls, flies away	987311 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Nelson Conceição	2020-05-28	Ribeira da Assêca - Ponte São Domingos, Tavira, Faro, Alcoutim (Portugal) (10 m)	call - Recorder: Zoom H1n Windscreen: Zoom WSU-1 Editing: Audacity (High-pass filter 250Hz/6dB, sound normalized to -3dB). bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	564981 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Xavier Riera	2026-05-09	Segrià (near Aspa), Lleida, Catalunya, Aspa (Spain) (260 m)	call - [sono]	1106875 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Pere Josa	2024-06-05	Aliste (near Cabañas de Aliste), Zamora, Castilla y León, Riofrío de Aliste (Spain) (850 m)	song - [sono]	912101 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Jorge Leitão	2024-04-27	Margem do Rio Minho, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Viana do Castelo, Vila Nova de Cerveira (Portugal) (0 m)	song - [sono]	899586 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Jorge Leitão	2022-06-18	Margem do Rio Minho, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Viana do Castelo, Vila Nova de Cerveira (Portugal) (0 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	733926 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Jorge Leitão	2026-03-03	Sítio de Cabanas, São Vicente, Braga, Braga, Braga (Portugal) (150 m)	song - [also] [sono]	1084803 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Paulo Narciso	2026-01-14	, Loulé (Portugal)	-	649656976 macaulaylibrary.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Arjun Dutta	2025-01-18	sierra de Andujar, Embalse de El Encinarejo (Andalucia), Andújar (Spain) (280 m)	alarm call, call - Slightly but minimally edited. Agitated bird.	975713 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Jorge Leitão	2025-12-30	Sítio de Cabanas, São Vicente, Braga, Braga, Braga (Portugal) (150 m)	flight call - [sono]	1069567 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Xavier Riera	2026-06-27	Baix Camp (near Calafat), Tarragona, Catalonia, Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant (Spain) (70 m)	call - [sono]	1151921 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Fernando T Rico	2025-08-15	, Asturias (Spain)	-	640606968 macaulaylibrary.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Jorge Leitão	2023-05-27	Margem do Rio Minho, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Viana do Castelo, Vila Nova de Cerveira (Portugal) (0 m)	song - [sono]	804321 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Jorge Leitão	2025-07-17	Vila de Prado, Vila Verde, Braga, Vila Verde (Portugal) (40 m)	flight call - [sono]	1017125 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Jorge Leitão	2018-04-17	Sete Fontes, São Victor (near Braga) Braga, Braga (Portugal) (220 m)	call - [sono]	761192 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Fernando T Rico	2023-03-11	, Valladolid (Spain)	-	545063021 macaulaylibrary.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Délfin Gonzalez	2020-04-01	Barajas, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid (Spain) (650 m)	adult, male, song - bird-seen:no playback-used:yes	541142 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Olivier SWIFT	2025-03-24	Arrondissement de Saint-Gaudens (near Saint-Aventin), Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, Audiomoth E, Haute-Garonne (France) (1500 m)	song - [sono]	1078977 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Fernando T Rico	2020-05-19	Valladolid--Río Esgueva, Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain, Valladolid (Spain)	-	236555011 macaulaylibrary.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Jacobo Ramil Millarengo	2025-04-20	Sisalde, Ames, A Coruña, Galicia, Ames (Spain) (30 m)	advertising call, waffle. - A male give a serie of advertising calls from the top of a pine. Rain drops fall from the wet vegetation.	990185 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Jorge Leitão	2025-10-07	Sítio de Cabanas, São Vicente, Braga, Braga, Braga (Portugal) (150 m)	flight call - [sono]	1046211 xeno-canto.org
Iberian Green Woodpecker - Picus sharpei	Jérémy Calvo	2023-04-18	, Pyrénées-Atlantiques (France)	-	608719431 macaulaylibrary.org

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