Little Woodpecker
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The Little Woodpecker is a species of bird
in the Picidae
family, the woodpecker
s, piculet
s, and wryneck
s. It is found in a wide range of wooded habitats in a large part of South America
east of the Andes
, and generally common. Unlike other similar and comparably sized members of the genus Veniliornis
, the Little Woodpecker lacks a contrasting yellow nape.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Picidae
Picidae
The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions...
family, the woodpecker
Woodpecker
Woodpeckers are near passerine birds of the order Piciformes. They are one subfamily in the family Picidae, which also includes the piculets and wrynecks. They are found worldwide and include about 180 species....
s, piculet
Piculet
The piculets are a distinctive subfamily of small woodpeckers which occur mainly in tropical South America, with just three Asian and one African species....
s, and wryneck
Wryneck
The wrynecks are a small but distinctive group of small Old World woodpeckers.Like the true woodpeckers, wrynecks have large heads, long tongues which they use to extract their insect prey and zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backwards...
s. It is found in a wide range of wooded habitats in a large part of South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
east of the Andes
Andes
The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
, and generally common. Unlike other similar and comparably sized members of the genus Veniliornis
Veniliornis
Veniliornis is a genus of bird in the Picidae family. The Smoky-brown Woodpecker, previously V. fumigatus, is now provisionally in the paraphyletic Picoides, while two other species have been moved from there to the present genus....
, the Little Woodpecker lacks a contrasting yellow nape.
External links
- Little Woodpecker videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Little Woodpecker photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res--(Close-up)
- Photo-High Res; Article www.ib.usp.br–"Picidae"
