STATUS
Sedentary.
ABUNDANCE
Common.
HABITAT
A woodpecker-like bird that breeds in woods with mature trees rich in nesting holes. A habitual sight in dehesas, Cork-Oak woods, Sweet-Chestnut woods and Pyrenean-Oak woods but also in pinewoods, wooded streams, mixed woodland, etc. Sometimes also turns up in olive groves and Eucalyptus copses. |