List of Vieques Birds - Woodpeckers and Sapsuckers

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.

Common name Species Habitat Breeding Status Winter Spring Summer Fall
Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis DF B u u u u
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius St - - r -

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