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Woodpeckers

Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae Links: Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. There are about 219 species worldwide, 5 are found in Britain.

Bird

Latin

Lists

Links

Notes

Wryneck (Eurasian)

Jynx torquilla

A

Eurasian Wryneck

RSPB

 

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

A

Great Spotted Woodpecker

RSPB

BBC

 

Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

A

Green Woodpecker

RSPB

 

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos minor

A

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

RSPB

 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius

A

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

rare

 


By: Keith Park Section: Wildlife Key:
Page Ref: woodpeckers Topic: Birds  Last Updated: 03/2010
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