Woodpeckers
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 8 species which occur in Malawi.
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Reichenow's Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Stierling's Woodpecker Dendropicos stierlingi
- Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Malawi