Green woodpecker is a 3-star creature card from the Industrial Age. Green woodpeckers feed mostly on ants, lapping them up with a long sticky tongue.
Bonus by grade
| Grade | Copies needed | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 0 | +10% expedition rewards |
| Uncommon | 2 | +18% expedition rewards |
| Rare | 5 | +30% expedition rewards |
| Epic | 10 | +45% expedition rewards |
| Legendary | 20 | +70% expedition rewards |
Duplicates raise the grade: Uncommon at 2, Rare at 5, Epic at 10, Legendary at 20.
Codex
- Common: The green woodpecker often feeds on the ground.
- Uncommon: Ants make up most of its diet.
- Rare: Its tongue is very long and sticky.
- Epic: It digs into ant nests in lawns and meadows.
- Legendary: Its loud call is sometimes called a yaffle.
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Field guide
| Size | About 32 cm long, with a wingspan of about 41 cm |
| Nest | Digs nest holes in soft wood with its strong beak |
| Diet | Mainly ants, plus wood-boring insects, beetles, moths and flies; some fruit and seeds |
| Defence | Not well known |
| Active | Day, feeding often on the ground |
| Lifespan | Oldest known bird reached about 7 years |
| Where it lives | England, Wales and spreading in Scotland; also central and southern Europe |
Did you know?
- Its tongue is about 10 cm long, much longer than its 4.5 cm beak.
- It has spread north through Britain over roughly the last 40 years.
- It digs into ant nests with its beak to reach the ants and larvae inside.
Sources: betterplaneteducation.org.uk