Woodpecker
family of birds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The woodpeckers and its near relatives the piculets, wrynecks and sapsuckers are the family Picidae. They are near-passerine birds.[1] Members of the Picidae are found worldwide, except for the parts of old Gondwana which they did not get to: Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar and Antarctica. Most species live in forests or woodland habitats.
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Pileated woodpecker | |
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Subclass: | Pileatus |
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Family: | Dryocopus Vigors, 1825 |
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Jynginae – wrynecks, |
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The Picidae are just one of the eight living families in the order Piciformes. DNA sequence analyses have shown they are a clade.[2]
There are about 240 species and about 35 genera in this family. Many species are threatened or endangered due to loss of habitat or habitat fragmentation.