Where
do they live?
Woodpeckers
can be found in wooded areas and forest all over the world, except in Australia
What
do they eat?
Woodpeckers
primarily eat insects, along with fruit, acorns and nuts.
How do they reproduce?
Male
and female woodpeckers work together to excavate a cavity in a tree that is
used as a nest and to incubate 4 eggs
for about two weeks. When a woodpecker hatches, it is blind and does not have
any feathers. One parent brings food to the nest while the other parent stays with
the young. The young generally leave the nest after 25 - 30 days.
How do they breathe?
They
breathe throw lungs.
Amazing
facts
Woodpeckers
are known for tapping on tree trunks in order to find insects living in
crevices in the bark and to excavate nest cavities. There are
over 180 species of woodpeckers, all in the family Picidae.
Woodpeckers
have bristle-like feathers over their nostrils help to keep wood particles from
being inhaled.
The
woodpecker's beak is very strong and acts
as both a chisel and a crowbar to remove bark and find hiding insects.
It has a
very long tongue, up to four inches in some species - with a glue-like
substance on the tip for catching insects.Woodpeckers have two sharply clawed toes
pointing in each direction to help them grasp the sides of trees and balance
while they hammer.
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