Woodpeckers and Wrynecks
Order: Piciformes. Family: Picidae
Woodpeckers and wrynecks 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, ten in Southern Africa.
- Rufous-necked Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Knysna Woodpecker Campethera notata endemic
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii
- Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus endemic
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
Read more about this topic: List Of Southern African Birds