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Woodpeckers are an ancient bird family consisting of three subfamilies, the wrynecks, the piculets and the true woodpeckers, Picinae.The largest of the five tribes within the Picinae is Melanerpini, the pied woodpeckers, a group which includes the great spotted woodpecker.
A male great spotted woodpecker. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 241 species of woodpeckers which make up the family Picidae. They are distributed among 36 genera, six of which have only one species.
Syrian woodpecker: southeastern Europe east to Iran Dendrocopos leucopterus: White-winged woodpecker: Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Dendrocopos major: Great spotted woodpecker: British Isles to Japan, and in North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia Dendrocopos noguchii: Okinawa woodpecker ...
The largest surviving species is the great slaty woodpecker, which weighs 430 g (15 oz) on average and up to 563 g (19.9 oz), and measures 45 to 55 cm (18 to 22 in), but the extinct imperial woodpecker, at 55 to 61 cm (22 to 24 in), and ivory-billed woodpecker, around 48 to 53 cm (19 to 21 in) and 516 g (18.2 oz), were probably both larger.
Great spotted woodpecker, an occasional visitor which has bred recently. Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae. Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects.
The family introductions are based on The New Encyclopedia of Birds (Perrins 2004) except where otherwise stated. Certain categories of birds are noted with the following tags: (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Wales (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Wales as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
The willow ptarmigan is the state bird of Alaska. The list of birds of Alaska includes every wild bird species recorded in the U.S. state of Alaska, based on the list published by the Alaska Checklist Committee. As of January 2022, there were 534 species on the official list. Of them, 55 are considered rare, 149 are casual, and 79 are accidental, all as defined below. Another 18 and a species ...
The great spotted woodpecker is an important predator of Eurasian nuthatch nests. [60] Nuthatches are monogamous. The female produces eggs that are white with red or yellow markings; the clutch size varies, tending to be larger for northern species.