woodpeckers

     

Melanerpes Sphyrapicus Xiphiiopicus Dendropicos Dendrocopos Picoides Veniliornis Campethera Geocolaptes Dinopium Meiglyptes Hemicircus Micropternus Picus Mulleripicus Dryocopus Celeus Piculus Colaptes Campephilus Chrysocolaptes Reinwardtipicus Blythipicus Gecinulus Sapheopipo

Trivia about woodpeckers

  • Sapsuckers are a type of these birds that extract insects from trees by strokes of their bills
  • "Offbeat News Stories" included a prize given to scientists who explained why these birds don't get headaches
  • Sapsuckers are the only members of this bird family to habitually injure trees
  • The sapsucker, a group of birds in this family, drills holes in trees to stimulate the flow of sap
  • To a Yurok Indian of the Pacific NW, the scalps of these birds that eat insects in trees were a form of wealth