Woodpeckers

kingdom:animalia
edged :chordata
Class: Bird
Order: Piciformes
family:picidae

they have not spread in the world are located in several Madagarcar, Australia.

The sizes of the birds of this family vary between 20 and 59 centimeters. The plumage of most species is predominantly bright green, purple and orange, although many carpinteritos show a certain amount of yellow and pink. In many species of woodpeckers show parts red and beige on the head and abdomen. The Picidae family members have strong peaks for drilling and drumming on trees, and fine language, pointed, with small bristles to remove food. The beaks of woodpeckers are usually stronger, long, sharp as those of the Wryneck carpinteritos and although its morphology is very similar.