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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. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward, and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.
There are 218 species worldwide and 33 species which occur in India.
Woodpeckers are small to medium sized birds with chisel like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward, and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.
There are 218 species worldwide and 33 species which occur in India.
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White-bellied Woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)
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Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)
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Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos nanus)
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Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (Dendrocopos mahrattensis)
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Black-rumped Flameback (Dinopium benghalense)
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Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
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White-naped Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus)
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