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Illustrated overview of the Picidae by Don Roberson.
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Woodpecker family Woodpeckers are a large family of similarly designed birds found in forested areas around the globe. 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...Illustrated overview of this bird family by Don Roberson.
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American Barbets One of the most perfect spots in South America is Rio Cristalino Lodge. In the heart of an almost untouched virgin rain-forest in the dead center of Amazonian Brazil, this incredible lodge has it all. Everything one could want in...Don Roberson's description of this family of birds. Includes photos.
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Asian Barbets There are barbets in the tropics around the world. Barbets in the Old Word are here treated as two separate families, African Barbets [Lybiidae] and Asian Barbets [Megalaimidae The Asian barbets are chunky, mostly small to mid-sized, often colorful and...Features photos of members of this bird family. Describes their habitat and nesting.
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African Barbets There are barbets in the tropics around the world. Barbets in the Old Word are here treated as two separate families, Asian Barbets [Megalaimidae] and African Barbets [Lybiidae The African barbets are colorful mid-sized to small birds of African tropics....Detailed species accounts of American Woodpeckers and Toucans from the Animal Diversity Web.
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ADW: Piciformes: Classification The icons tell you what features are available for that taxon. Information Pictures Specimens Sounds Selecting an icon will take you directly to that feature. Parent taxa Class Aves (birds) Order Piciformes (woodpeckers and relatives) Family Bucconidae (puffbirds) Family Capitonidae...