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Woodpeckers

Woodpecker
Temporal range: Late Oligocene to present
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Hispaniolan woodpecker

About this sound Tapping sound of a woodpecker 

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Suborder: Pici
Family: Picidae
Vigors, 1825
Subfamilies

Jynginae – wrynecks
Nesoctitinae – Antillean piculet
Picinae – woodpeckers, sapsuckers
Picumninae – typical piculets


About this sound Tapping sound of a woodpecker 

Jynginae – wrynecks
Nesoctitinae – Antillean piculet
Picinae – woodpeckers, sapsuckers
Picumninae – typical piculets

The woodpeckers are part of the family Picidae, a group of near-passerine birds that also consist of piculets, wrynecks, and sapsuckers. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions. Most species live in forests or woodland habitats, although a few species are known to live in treeless areas, such as rocky hillsides and deserts.

The Picidae are just one of eight living families in the order Piciformes. Other members of Piciformes, such as the jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, toucans, and honeyguides, have traditionally been thought to be closely related to the woodpeckers, piculets, wrynecks, and sapsuckers. More recently, DNA sequence analyses have confirmed this view.


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