Woodpecker
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Woodpeckers are part of the bird family Picidae, which also includes the piculets, wrynecks, and sapsuckers. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand,
Pileated Woodpecker Feedingon Tree, crop
A black-rumped flameback using its tail for support
Diagram showing the hyoid bone of Dendrocopos major
Use of cacti for breeding and roosting holes allows some woodpeckers to live in treeless deserts, such as the ladder-backed woodpecker, which uses cacti for nesting.
Wryneck
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The wrynecks are a small but distinctive group of small Old World woodpeckers. Jynx is from the Ancient Greek iunx, the Eurasian wryneck.
Woodpecker
…Woodpeckers are part of the bird family Picidae, which also includes the piculets, wrynecks, and sapsuckers. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions…
Wryneck, Village, Behlolpur, district Mohali, Punjab, India
Wryneck by Pepe Reigada
Red throated Wryneck, Jynx ruficollis at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa
Pharomachrus antisianus 1847