Woodpeckers and Allies
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 12 species which occur in Rwanda.
- Rufous-necked Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii
- Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa
- Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus
- Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii
- Gray Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Rwanda
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