Black woodpecker and great spotted woodpecker

The Black woodpecker measures 45 centimetres; it is the largest European woodpecker and has plain black plumage. The male wears a red cap and the female has a red patch on her neck. Its flight is heavy and a little undulating.It frequents the coniferous and beech forests of the mountainous regions. It digs a huge cavity with an oval hole in a tree trunk, sometimes at a very great height.The great spotted woodpecker measures 22 centimetres and is distinguished by a black back with large white spots on the wings. The underside is white without stripes, the red under the tail is clear cut. The male has a red patch on the nape of the neck; this is absent in the female. It rarely feeds on the ground and lives in all wooded areas.