Woodpeckers and Sapsuckers
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.
- Puerto Rican Woodpecker, Melanerpes portoricensis (E)
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius (A)
- Hairy Woodpecker, Picoides villosus (A)
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