Woodpeckers
Picidae
The Woodpeckers are a large family of similarly designed birds found in forested areas around the globe. Species found in this family are 214. The have specially evolved to deal with chiseling wood, including "shock-absorber" head musculature, extremely long tongues, and stiff tail feathers helping them perch upright on trees. Woodpeckers are often a "core species" of the woodland avifauna except in two major areas that don't have any woodpeckers Australasia and Madagascar.
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