1. Birds identification course
Forest birds

2. Content General information about Woodpeckers Black woodpecker
Green woodpecker
Great spotted woodpecker
Syrian woodpecker
Middle spotted woodpecker
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Wryneck
Training in identification

3. Picidae Дятлы Փայտփորներ
WOODPECKERS
Picidae Дятлы Փայտփորներ
All woodpeckers have rather long and strong bill that can be used as a chisel
Mostly we see them staying vertically on the tree.

4. There are three genera of Woodpeckers:
Picidae Дятлы Փայտփորներ
There are three genera of Woodpeckers:
Black Woodpeckers
Green Woodpeckers
Spotted Woodpeckers

5. Dendrocopos Пестрые дятлы Խայտաբղետ փայտփորներ
SPOTTED WOODPECKERS
Dendrocopos Пестрые дятлы Խայտաբղետ փայտփորներ
Black marks on the head
Black back and wings
White belly
White bars on the wings
Red vent

6. Dendrocopos Пестрые дятлы Խայտաբղետ փայտփորներ
SPOTTED WOODPECKERS
Dendrocopos Пестрые дятлы Խայտաբղետ փայտփորներ

7. Dryocopus martius Черный дятел Սև փայտփոր
BLACK WOODPECKER
Dryocopus martius Черный дятел Սև փայտփոր
Pale bill and eye
Red crown
Black plumage

8. Dryocopus martius Черный дятел Սև փայտփոր
BLACK WOODPECKER
Dryocopus martius Черный дятел Սև փայտփոր
It differs from other woodpeckers with the size typical to corvidaes, and black plumage.
Opposite to corvidaes it has unsteady and undulating flight

9. (EUROPEAN) GREEN WOODPECKER
Picus viridis Зеленый дятел Կանաչ փայտփոր
Red crown
Black around the eye
Green from above
Yellow rump

10. GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major Большой пестрый дятел Մեծ փայտփոր
Males: red on hindcrown
Black cap
Black line is connecting with the neck marks
White panel
Females: black crown with no red

11. Dendrocopos syriacus Сирийский дятел Սիրիական փայտփոր
SYRIAN WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos syriacus Сирийский дятел Սիրիական փայտփոր
Black cap
Males: red on hindcrown
Black line does not connect with neck marks
White panel
Females: black crown with no red

12. MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos medius Средний пестрый дятел Միջին փայտփոր
Red cap of head
Pale moustache
White panel
Streaked sides of body

13. LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos minor Малый пестрый дятел Փոքր փայտփոր
Males: red cap of head
Black moustache
Streaked sides of body
White back
Lacks red on vent
Females: no red

14. Great Spotted and Syrian Woodpeckers
Black cap
Connection of black line
White panel

15. Middle and Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers
Red cap
Moustache
White spot
Spotted sides of body
Vent

16. Jynx torquilla Вертишейка Վիզգցուկ
WRYNECK
Jynx torquilla Вертишейка Վիզգցուկ
Grey back with brown wings
Hawk-like barred underparts
Blackish eye-stripe
Woodpecker-like bill

17. TRAINING 1
Click to begin the training and wait: slides will change automatically each 10 seconds.
During that time you have to write their names on the training sheet.
After finishing the training you can check yourself using answers (number of slide and name of bird species) provided at the end.

75. Answers 18 Black Woodpecker 38 58 Green Woodpecker 19 39
Syrian Woodpecker 59 20
Great Spotted Woodpecker 40 60 21
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 41
Wryneck 61 22 42 62 23
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 43 63 24 44 64 25 45 65 26 46 66 27 47 67 28 48 68 29 49 69 30 50 70 31 51 71 32 52 72 33 53 73 34 54 74 35 55 36 56 37 57

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