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 more than 200 species worldwide, and 11 species in Korea.
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos kizuki
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Grey-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
- Tristram's Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus
Read more about this topic: List Of Non-passerine Birds Of Korea