Cuban green woodpecker
Xiphidiopicus percussus
The Cuban green woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is monotypic within the genus ''Xiphidiopicus''.
It is endemic to Cuba.
A distinctive, relatively small woodpecker of the general size and shape of a sapsucker, occasionally appearing crested, with bright olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts. Nape and upper breast are bright red with some black bases to feathers usually visible, with black chin and throat; red crown in males, black crown striped white in females. White face and supercilium, punctuated by black border to cheek. Yellow breast is streaked with black or greenish-black, yellow on flanks barred with black. Crissum is yellow with black barring. Females are significantly smaller than the male, generally shorter-billed. Juveniles are generally duller in plumage, showing more barring and streaking below. It measures 20–25 cm in length and weighs 48–97 g .
Its natural habitats are dry forests, lowland moist forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
Cuban green woodpecker juvenile.JPG|juvenile ''X. p. percussus''Cuba
It is endemic to Cuba.
A distinctive, relatively small woodpecker of the general size and shape of a sapsucker, occasionally appearing crested, with bright olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts. Nape and upper breast are bright red with some black bases to feathers usually visible, with black chin and throat; red crown in males, black crown striped white in females. White face and supercilium, punctuated by black border to cheek. Yellow breast is streaked with black or greenish-black, yellow on flanks barred with black. Crissum is yellow with black barring. Females are significantly smaller than the male, generally shorter-billed. Juveniles are generally duller in plumage, showing more barring and streaking below. It measures 20–25 cm in length and weighs 48–97 g .
Its natural habitats are dry forests, lowland moist forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
Cuban green woodpecker juvenile.JPG|juvenile ''X. p. percussus''Cuba
