[2923/11080] D'Arnaud's barbet - Trachyphonus darnaudii

Note: the IOC has split off the Usambiro barbet, T. usambiro (bottom photo), as its own species, whilst Clements still treats it as a subspecies of D'Arnaud's barbet.

Order: Piciformes Suborder: Pici Family: Lybiidae (african barbets)

Photo credit: Arthur Grosset / Kris Blachowiak

Acorn Woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus), family Picidae, order Piciformes, CA, USA

The individual on the right is amelanistic.

Photograph by Mark Rauzon

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Day 12 of January extinct birds - the imperial woodpecker

These are officially classified as CR - possibly extinct... but the hope of them still surviving is pitifully low as almost all viable habitat has been destroyed. These woodpeckers, endemic to Mexico, were enormous, around 60cm in length. They were often seen in small groups that search together for large dead trees to extract bugs from. Because of their size, they needed large amounts of habitat and were also targeted by loggers for fear of them ruining timber.

Leucistic Yellow-throated Toucan

A pair of plate-billed mountain toucans (Andigena laminirostris) in Ecuador

by Daniel Parent

Taxonomy Tournament: Birds

Accipitriformes. This order contains most birds of prey: hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites

Piciformes. This order is made up of woodpeckers, which bore holes in trees to reach insect prey within.

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

© Stephen Hager

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

How much wood can a woodpecker peck when a woodpecker pecks wood? The answer: quite a lot! Woodpeckers are able to peck a single spot up to 20 times per second. What's more, each peck has a g-force of about 1,200-1,400 g; the equivalent of going from 26,000 mph (41,800 kph) to a complete stop in a single second.

(An acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) by Gavin Emmons; you can read more about acorn woodpeckers here!)

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[2725/11080] Cream-coloured woodpecker - Celeus flavus

Order: Piciformes Suborder: Pici Family: Picidae (woodpeckers) Subfamily: Picinae (true woodpecker)

Photo credit: Hernán Álvarez via Macaulay Library

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) male feeding chicks, family Picidae, order Piciformes, Florida, USA

photograph by Hal and Kirsten Snyder

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

© davie b 777

Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)

© eddy lee

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

© Anne Ahearne