Green woodpecker, cuckoo Birds of the Year 2017

This video shows a green woodpecker in Sweden.

In Flanders, the green woodpecker has been voted Bird of the Year 2017.

Second was the song thrush. Third was the golden oriole.

This is a cuckoo video.

In the Netherlands, the SOVON ornithologists have chosen the cuckoo as Bird of the Year 2017.

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