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https://www.vogelwarte.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/3380_1.jpg16001200Two features make the Eurasian Green Woodpecker conspicuous: its loud laughing mating call and its undulating flight whereby it brings its wings close to its body in between two wingbeats. Together with the Eurasian Wryneck, it is the most specialised among European woodpeckers in terms of its preference for feeding on ants. Its sticky tongue is more than 10 cm long and has barbs.