SUPER ANIMAL: Woodpecker

Sunday 1 July 2012

Woodpecker

The smallest species of woodpecker is the Bar-breasted Piculet that only grows to 8cm in height. The Gray Slaty woodpecker from south east Asia is the largest living woodpecker in the world with some of these woodpecker individuals growing to nearly 60 cm tall. The woodpecker has a distinctive long beak, which the woodpecker uses to make holes in trees. The woodpecker does this in order to dig out the grubs living under the bark.The call is a loud, far-carrying laugh, sometimes described as a "jungle bird" call due its wild, UN-fettered quality. The Northern filicen, which is very different looking and weighs about half as much a Pleated, has a similar-sounding call but has a weaker voice. Its drumming can be very loud, often sounding like someone striking a tree with a hammer. This bird favors mature forests and heavily wooded parks.