"though the latter is smaller and more slender with narrower wings and longer tail. The closely related, very similar Levaillant's woodpecker occurs only in north-west Africa. The European green woodpecker is a member of the order Piciformes, the woodpecker family Picidae and the genus Picus. It was first described by Linnaeus in 1758. The scientific name is derived from the Greek ""pikos"", meaning 'woodpecker', and Latin ""viridis"", 'green'. There are four subspecies, with subtle and mostly clinal differences between them. In a recent study based on mitochondrial DNA analysis of subspecies by Perktaş, Barrowclough and Groth, it has been proposed"
"Egyptian geese, Eurasian wigeon, gadwall, garden warbler, garganey, great crested grebe, great spotted woodpecker, green sandpiper, greenshank, green woodpecker, grey heron, greylag geese, hobby, jay, kingfisher, lapwing, lesser whitethroat, linnet, little egret, little grebe, little ringed plover, mallard, Mandarin, marsh harrier, marsh tit, Mediterranean gull, moorhen, mute swan, northern pochard, northern wheatear, nuthatch, osprey, oystercatcher, peregrine falcon, pied flycatcher, pintail, red-crested pochard, red kite, red knot, redshank, reed warbler, ruff, spotted flycatcher, sand martin, Savi's warbler, sedge warbler, shelduck, shoveler, sinensis cormorant, spotted crake, stock dove, swallow, swift, tawny owl, treecreeper, tufted duck, water rail, whimbrel, whooper swan, willow warbler,"
"Puck (folklore) In English folklore, Puck (), sometimes known as Robin Goodfellow, is a domestic and nature sprite, demon, or fairy. The etymology of ""puck"" is uncertain. The modern English word is attested already in Old English as ""puca"" (with a diminutive form ""pucel""). Similar words are attested later in Old Norse (""púki"", with related forms including Old Swedish ""puke"", Icelandic ""púki"", and Frisian ""puk"") but also in the Celtic languages (Welsh ""pwca"", Cornish ""bucca"" and Irish ""púca""). Most commentators think that the word was borrowed from one of these neighbouring north-west European languages into the others, but it is"
"in Cheshire and Shropshire she is called Ginny Greenteeth, Jeannie Greenteeth or Wicked Jenny. She is also described as lurking in the upper branches of trees at night, although this may be a folklorist's confusion with the northern English ""Jinny-hewlet"", a folk name for an owl. She is likely to have been an invention to frighten children from dangerous waters, similar in nature to the Slavic Rusalka, the Kappa in Japanese mythology, or Australia's Bunyip. But one folklorists have seen in her a memory of sacrificial practices. A similar figure in Jamaican folklore is called the River Mumma (River Mother)."
"atop it, and is featured as the main symbol for the village. The inn of Bisterne (closed 1873) was called the Green Dragon. Other local inns which may reflect this tradition include the Green Dragon at Brook, to the northeast, and the Green Dragon at Alderbury, to the north. It is possible the dragon had some foundation in fact, and that it was a wild beast (such as a wild boar) living in and around the New Forest. The Bisterne Dragon is mentioned several times in the novel ""The Forest"" by Edward Rutherfurd. Bisterne Dragon The Bisterne Dragon is a"
"Common greenshank The common greenshank (""Tringa nebularia"") is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. The genus name ""Tringa"" is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek ""trungas"", a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific ""nebularia"" is from Latin ""nebula"" ""mist"". Like the Norwegian ""Skoddefoll"", this refers to the greenshank's damp marshy habitat. Its closest relative is the greater yellowlegs, which together with the spotted redshank form a close-knit group. Among them, these three species show all the basic leg and foot colours"
"Green monkey The green monkey (""Chlorocebus sabaeus""), also known as the sabaeus monkey or the callithrix monkey, is an Old World monkey with golden-green fur and pale hands and feet. The tip of the tail is golden yellow as are the backs of the thighs and cheek whiskers. It does not have a distinguishing band of fur on the brow, like other ""Chlorocebus"" species, and males have a pale blue scrotum. Some authorities consider this and all of the members of the genus ""Chlorocebus"" to be a single widespread species, ""Chlorocebus aethiops"". The green monkey is a sexually dimorphic species,"
"species, e.g. the rufous woodpecker, has turned out to be in error, and some taxa with unclear relationships could be placed into the phylogeny. This is a list of woodpecker species: Tribe Dendropicini Tribe Malarpicini Tribe Picini Tribe Megapicini Picinae Woodpeckers are near passerine birds of the order Piciformes. They are one subfamily in the family Picidae, which also includes the piculets and wrynecks. They are found worldwide. Woodpeckers gained their English name because of the habit of some species of tapping and pecking noisily on tree trunks with their beaks and heads. This is both a means of communication"
"hobby (""Falco subbuteo""), lapwing (""Vanellus vanellus""), curlew (""Numenius arquata""), green sandpiper (""Tringa ochropus""), Eurasian woodcock (""Scolopax rusticola""), common snipe (""Gallinago gallinago""), collared dove (""Streptopelia decaocto""), cuckoo (""Cuculus canorus""), long-eared owl (""Asio otus""), tawny owl (""Strix aluco""), common swift (""Apus apus""), hoopoe (""Upupa epops""), grey-headed woodpecker (""Picus canus""), European green woodpecker (""Picus viridis""), barn swallow (""Hirundo rustica""), house martin (""Delichon urbica""), tree pipit (""Anthus trivialis""), dunnock (""Prunella modularis""), redstart (""Phoenicurus phoenicurus""), wheatear (""Oenanthe oenanthe""), redwing (""Turdus iliacus""), mistle thrush (""Turdus viscivorus""), sedge warbler (""Acrocephalus schoenobaenus""), aquatic warbler (""Acrocephalus paludicola""), reed warbler (""Acrocephalus scirpaceus""), icterine warbler (""Hippolais icterina""), lesser whitethroat (""Sylvia curruca""),"
"by climbing trees and can be kept temporarily as pets in shoeboxes. They cannot easily be kept for longer than a day or two, given that they need flowing sap for food. Cyclochila australasiae Cyclochila australasiae, commonly known as the green grocer, is a species of cicada and one of Australia's most familiar insects. It is distributed through coastal regions of southeastern Australia. It is one of the loudest insects in the world. ""Cyclochila australasiae"" was formerly commonly known as the Great Green Cicada; in addition, the various colour forms have different vernacular names, including yellow Monday for a common"
"Green Man A Green Man is a sculpture or other representation of a face surrounded by or made from leaves. Branches or vines may sprout from the mouth, nostrils, or other parts of the face and these shoots may bear flowers or fruit. Commonly used as a decorative architectural ornament, Green Men are frequently found in on both secular and ecclesiastical buildings. ""The Green Man"" is also a popular name for English public houses and various interpretations of the name appear on inn signs, which sometimes show a full figure rather than just the head. The Green Man motif has"
"However, unfortunately even in these areas the population of green and golden bell has been rapidly declining in the past few decades. The common name, ""green and golden bell frog"", was first adopted by Harold Cogger in his 1975 book ""Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia"". Before this, its common names were ""golden frog"" and ""golden tree frog"". The green and golden bell frog has many physical and behavioural characteristics representative of ranids, hence its original classification as ""Rana"". It has a pointy snout, long legs, and almost complete toe webbing; the tympanum is large and distinct; and the overall body"
"that Eurasian woodcock flew to the moon during the months when they were not seen and the first full moon in November, when large numbers arrive on the British coast, is sometimes described as the 'woodcock moon'. Reaney and Wilson wrote that the English surname ""Woodcock"" developed as a nickname from the bird, meaning 'a fool, simpleton or dupe'. In William Shakespeare's play ""Love's Labours Lost"", Berowne describes himself and his friends as 'four woodcocks in a dish', after discovering they have all fallen in love when they have sworn not to. An old folk name for the goldcrest was"
"Green-backed woodpecker The green-backed woodpecker or little spotted woodpecker (""Campethera cailliautii""), is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is native to large parts of tropical central Africa. It has an extremely wide range and is an uncommon species, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of ""least concern"". The green-backed woodpecker grows to a length of about . The male has a scarlet crown flecked with black and a bright red nape. The female has a blackish crown spotted with white, and a red nape. Both sexes have green"
"two scientific names: the generic name of the cracker butterfly, and the specific name of the northernmost monkey in Asia Minor, the hamadryas baboon. The cracker butterfly is more arboreal than most butterflies, as it commonly camouflages itself on trees. It feeds on sap, rotting fruit and dung. The hamadryas baboon is one of the least arboreal monkeys, but was the most common monkey in Hellenic lands. Hamadryad is referenced as a whole in Edgar Allan Poe's poem, ""Sonnet To Science"". Hamadryad is referenced in Anthony Ashley Cooper's (The Third Earl of Shaftesbury) ""Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times"" (1714:"
"Little green woodpecker The little green woodpecker or golden-backed woodpecker (""Campethera maculosa"") is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Africa, living in forest edges, clearings, and forest-shrub mosaics. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species. This species was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1826, as ""Picus maculosus"". It does not include any subspecies, but the subspecies ""permista"" of the green-backed woodpecker is sometimes included in this species. The two species have hybridised in Ghana. The little green woodpecker is about long and weighs about . The"
"Green heron The green heron (""Butorides virescens"") is a small heron of North and Central America. ""Butorides"" is from Middle English ""butor"" ""bittern"" and Ancient Greek ""-oides"", ""resembling"", and ""virescens"" is Latin for ""greenish"". It was long considered conspecific with its sister species the striated heron (""Butorides striata""), and together they were called ""green-backed heron"". Birds of the nominate subspecies (no matter which taxonomic arrangement is preferred) are extremely rare vagrants to western Europe—for example, a sighting in Pembrokeshire in 2018 was only the second recorded sighting in Wales; individuals from the Pacific coast of North America may similarly stray"
"its crown and nape. The juvenile bird has greener upperparts with pale streaks, and its underparts are paler. The little green woodpecker is found in West Africa, in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana. Its range would extend east to South Sudan, Uganda, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo if ""C. cailliautii permista"" were included in this species. Its habitat is edges of primary and secondary forests, clearings, and mosaics of forest and shrub, at elevations up to . This woodpecker eats arboreal ants. Its calls are a plaintive ""huweeeeh"", a harsh ""whee"", ""kewik"","
"a name coined by von Mueller and early settlers around Penrith called it green wattle. Feathery wattle was another early name. It is also known as early green wattle in the Sydney basin, as it flowers in winter—earlier than similar species such as Parramatta wattle (""Acacia parramattensis""), blueskin (""A. irrorata"") and late black wattle (""A. mearnsii""). It has attracted the vernacular name ""green cancer"" in South Africa, where it has become weedy. Other names include acacia bark, wattle bark, tan wattle, golden teak, and Brazilian teak. Along with other bipinnate wattles, it is classified in the section ""Botrycephalae"" within the"
"Picinae Woodpeckers are near passerine birds of the order Piciformes. They are one subfamily in the family Picidae, which also includes the piculets and wrynecks. They are found worldwide. Woodpeckers gained their English name because of the habit of some species of tapping and pecking noisily on tree trunks with their beaks and heads. This is both a means of communication to signal possession of territory to their rivals, and a method of locating and accessing insect larvae found under the bark or in long winding tunnels in the tree or upright log. Some woodpeckers and wrynecks in the order"
"It is thought that her interest stemmed from carvings at St. Jerome’s Church in Llangwm, Monmouthshire. Some commentators conflate or associate the term with ""Jack in the Green"". Green cats, lions, and demons are also found. On gravestones and other memorials, human skulls are sometimes shown sprouting grape vines or other vegetation, presumably as a symbol of resurrection (as at Shebbear, Devon, England). The Green Man appears in many forms, with the three most common types categorized as: Superficially the Green Man would appear to be pagan, perhaps a fertility figure or a nature spirit, similar to the woodwose (the"
"Yallery Brown Yallery Brown is a mischievous fairy-like nature spirit in an old Lincolnshire folk tale from England, which itself is usually named after the creature. According to Joseph Jacob's version of the story, a young lad named Tom was sitting in a field resting during his daily labours when he heard a little whimper, like the sound of a young child in distress. Upon further investigation Tom found a little creature trapped under a flat stone. The creature was like a ragged little man and had yellow-brown skin, the colour of dark mustard. The little man begged Tom to"
"been questioned recently by John Randall due to its unusual dentition. The common name 'green jack' is in reference to the species' common coloration, while 'horse jack' is derived from the Latin name. In Spanish-speaking nations, it is often known under broadly applied names including ""cocinero"" and ""caballa"". The green jack is moderately large in size, growing to a maximum confirmed length of 55 cm and 2.81 kg in weight. Unconfirmed reports indicate the species may grow much larger; up to 1 m in size, but it is most commonly seen at lengths below 40 cm. The green jack is"
"and human disturbed areas. They have a range of calls from a short, sharp ""kuk"" to more intoned ""kyuk"", ""kew"", ""kee-yow"" calls. The longer calls are given prior to flying off. They roost within holes. These subspecies are described: The Andaman woodpecker (""Dryocopus hodgei"") was treated as a subspecies in the past. The species has in the past been placed in the genus ""Thriponax"" and ""Macropicus"". This large black woodpecker is usually seen singly or as a pair, which may sometimes be accompanied by a third bird. They have a dipping in which the loud single note laugh like ""chiank"""
"Colt pixie A colt pixie (also ""colepixie"", ""colepixy"", ""collepixie"", ""collpixie"", ""colt-pixie"", ""colt pixy"", and ""cold pixie"") is a creature from English folklore in the South and South West of England (especially the New Forest and Dorset). According to local mythology, it is a type of Pixie which takes the form of a scruffy, pale horse or pony to lead travellers and other livestock astray (similar to a Will-o'-the-wisp), and is often associated with Puck. The earliest surviving written reference dates to the early 16th century (""I shall be ready at thine elbow to plaie the parte of Hobgoblin or Collepixie"")."
"three to four ""teeay"" notes, and ""teerweet"". It excavates nests in nests of ants and termites. It breeds in August and possibly in March and April. Logging and clearing of forests appears to be causing a population increase because the bird prefers open habitats. The species has a large range and increasing population, so the IUCN has assessed it as a least-concern species. Little green woodpecker The little green woodpecker or golden-backed woodpecker (""Campethera maculosa"") is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Africa, living in forest edges, clearings, and forest-shrub mosaics. The International Union"
"by the preservative and appeared blue. The color of the frog is caused by blue and green pigments covered in a yellow layer; the preservative destroyed the yellow layer and left the frog with a blue appearance. The specific epithet, ""caerulea"", which is Latin for blue, has remained. This frog is sometimes referred to as ""Pelodryas caerulea"" in the scientific literature. In Australia, the frog is also known more simply as the ""green tree frog"", but that name is often given to the most common green arboreal species in a region, such as the American green tree frog (""Hyla cinerea"")."
"Cyclochila australasiae Cyclochila australasiae, commonly known as the green grocer, is a species of cicada and one of Australia's most familiar insects. It is distributed through coastal regions of southeastern Australia. It is one of the loudest insects in the world. ""Cyclochila australasiae"" was formerly commonly known as the Great Green Cicada; in addition, the various colour forms have different vernacular names, including yellow Monday for a common yellow morph; Chocolate Soldier for a rare dark tan form; and Blue Moon for a rare turquoise form. The names for the green and yellow forms have been recorded since at least"
"turkey, and ruffed grouse, and animals whose populations have also declined in recent decades, such as the golden-winged warbler, whip-poor-will, willow flycatcher, indigo bunting, and New England cottontail. Leslie Glasgow, the assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife, Parks, and Marine Resources from 1969 to 1970, wrote a dissertation through Texas A&M University on the woodcock, with research based on his observations through the Louisiana State University Agricultural Experiment Station. He was an LSU professor from 1948 to 1980 and an authority on wildlife in the wetlands. American woodcock The American woodcock (""Scolopax minor""), sometimes colloquially referred to as"
"before swallowing it whole. Green heron The green heron (""Butorides virescens"") is a small heron of North and Central America. ""Butorides"" is from Middle English ""butor"" ""bittern"" and Ancient Greek ""-oides"", ""resembling"", and ""virescens"" is Latin for ""greenish"". It was long considered conspecific with its sister species the striated heron (""Butorides striata""), and together they were called ""green-backed heron"". Birds of the nominate subspecies (no matter which taxonomic arrangement is preferred) are extremely rare vagrants to western Europe—for example, a sighting in Pembrokeshire in 2018 was only the second recorded sighting in Wales; individuals from the Pacific coast of North"
"Gardiner. The specific name, ""guppyi"", is in honor of British naturalist Henry Brougham Guppy. The specific name, ""herrei"", is in honor of American ichthyologist Albert William Herre. The specific name, ""manni"", is in honor of American entomologist William Montana Mann. The specific name, ""oorti"", is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort. The specific name, ""woodfordi"", is in honor of British naturalist Charles Morris Woodford. Lepidodactylus Lepidodactylus is a large genus of small geckos, commonly known as scaly-toed geckos. Species in the genus ""Lepidodactylus"" are found from Southeast Asia to Indo-Australia and Oceania. There are 34 described species"
"Green-head ant The green-head ant (""Rhytidoponera metallica""), also known as the green ant or metallic pony ant, is a species of ant that is endemic to Australia. It was described by British entomologist Frederick Smith in 1858 as a member of the genus ""Rhytidoponera"" in the subfamily Ectatomminae. These ants measure between . The queens and workers look similar, differing only in size, with the males being the smallest. They are well known for their distinctive metallic appearance, which varies from green to purple or even reddish-violet. Among the most widespread of all insects in Australia, green-head ants are found"
"over 30 years. The word ""capercaillie"" is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic ""capull coille"" ""wood-horse"". The Scots borrowing is spelled ""capercailzie"" (the Scots use of z represents an archaic spelling with yogh and is silent; see Mackenzie (surname)). The current spelling was standardised by William Yarrell in 1843. The genus name is derived from the Latin name of a game bird, probably the black grouse. The species name, ""urogallus"", is a New Latin partial homophone of German ""Auerhahn"", ""mountain cock"". Western capercaillie The western capercaillie (""Tetrao urogallus""), also known as the wood grouse, heather cock, or just capercaillie ,"