Pictures of Woodpeckers from Panama

Pictures of some woodpeckers from Panama

Woodpeckers are near passerine birds of the order Piciformes. They are found worldwide and include about 180 species (including the famous ivory-billed).

Woodpeckers gained their English name because of the habit of some species of tapping and pecking noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. This is both a means of communication to signal possession of territory to their rivals, and a method of locating and accessing insect larvae found under the bark or in long winding tunnels in the tree.

Fotos de algunos aves carpinteros de Panama

Los Los pájaros carpinteros, los carpinteritos y los Torcecuellos conforman una gran familia de aves dentro del orden de los Piciformes, dividida en 218 especies distintas. Tienen una distribución cosmopolita, con la excepción de Australia, Madagascar y las regiones polares extremas.

Normalmente se alimentan de insectos que consiguen en el interior de los árboles o troncos de madera.