WOODPECKERS
Bird    -      Vertebrate    -     Omnivore
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DOWNY WOODPECKER (Male)
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GREEN WOODPECKER
​WOODPECKERS
There are more than 180 species of woodpeckers - but none of them is found in Australia, Madagascar or New Zealand
  • Eat insects, seeds, berries, nuts, acorns, fruit and the sap of trees. 
  • Drill holes in the bark and wood of trees in search of insects.
  • Can walk vertically up a tree trunk.
  • Woodpeckers peck at about 20 times per second.
  • Woodpeckers tongue can wrap around its head twice.
  • The tongue is extremely long and some have barbed tongues to help them extract bugs from trees and holes.
  • Do not get headaches from pecking as their skulls are structured to spread the impact and their brains are cushioned for protection.
  • Mate for life.