List your top ten favorite species of woodpeckers, any bird within the family Picidae. My personal list, in no particular order. Pileated woodpecker Lewis's woodpecker Acorn woodpecker Northern flicker Red-headed woodpecker Puerto Rican woodpecker Downy woodpecker Red-bellied woodpecker European green woodpecker Ivory-billed woodpecker (if it still exists)
Yes, woodpeckers! Awesome Piciformes. 10. Pileated woodpecker 9. Heart-spotted woodpecker 8. Blood-colored woodpecker 7. Acorn woodpecker 6. Little green woodpecker 5. Campo flicker 4. Crimson-bellied woodpecker 3. Orange-backed woodpecker 2. Black woodpecker 1. Red-breasted sapsucker.
For me, my top ten is the following: Magellanic woodpecker Black-rumped flameback Arrowhead piculet Pileated woodpecker Banded woodpecker Greater yellownape Andaman woodpecker Black woodpecker Lineated woodpecker Pale-billed woodpecker
I don't know if I have a top 10 of woodpeckers but certainly my favourite woodpecker species is the blonde crested woodpecker.
That's a very distinctive bird. I think the reason I love woodpeckers is I've come to realize my favorite type of bird plumage is majority black, white, brown, or gray with a few brightly colored highlights.
A couple of mine are the Gila and Ground woodpeckers, not particularly because of their appearance though.
Yes, very beautiful species indeed. I have seen wild ones twice in the past two weeks in SP city , including in the grounds of Guarulhos zoo.
I remember when I volunteered at the North Carolina Zoo and got to handle the Gila woodpecker nest that was the the cactus scar-tissue that had formed around the nest cavity.
In no particular order; Acorn Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Yellow-fronted Woodpecker Greater Yellownape Williamson's Sapsucker American Three-toed Woodpecker Campo Flicker Ground Woodpecker Lewis's Woodpecker Great Slaty Woodpecker I've seen 6 of those 10, and the list is definitely influenced by species I've seen. Two honorable mentions would be White-headed Woodpecker and Red-breasted Sapsucker.
All species I have seen wild, in taxonomic order Eurasian Wryneck African Piculet Magellanic Woodpecker Eurasian Green Woodpecker Andean Flicker Cream-coloured Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Black Woodpecker White Woodpecker Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
