Male White-backed Woodpecker (Picoides leucotos lilfordi) at nest-hole, Abruzzo National Park, Italy

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White-backed Woodpeckers live in mature woods with decaying trees. This habitat is shrinking in Europe, and some populations are now critically threatened. The "lilfordi" subspecies (shown here) lives in southern Europe, and is also known as Lilford's Woodpecker

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Location: Abruzzo National Park, Italy
Photo credit: © Paul Harris / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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