What is another word for woodpeckers?

Pronunciation: [wˈʊdpɛkəz] (IPA)

Woodpeckers are fascinating and distinct birds that belong to the family Picidae. The unique feature of woodpeckers is their ability to peck and drill into trees, thanks to their sharp beaks and strong neck muscles. Out of the 180 species of woodpeckers, some popular synonyms include "flicker," "sapsucker," "wryneck," "downy," and "hairy." Some woodpeckers, like the Pileated Woodpecker, are referred to as "log-cock" or "woodhammer." The Ivory-billed Woodpecker and Acorn Woodpecker are also common synonyms used for this family. These striking birds have captured the attention of many nature enthusiasts, with their vibrant colors, distinct markings, and fascinating behavior.

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Usage examples for Woodpeckers

A single glance will show how much this new way of living has changed him from the other woodpeckers.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
Nature intended him to get his living, as do the other woodpeckers, by boring into old trees and stumps for the insects that live on the decaying wood.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
Therefore are the woodpeckers all safe from him.
"A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories"
William Long

Famous quotes with Woodpeckers

  • A thousand woodpeckers flew in through the window and settled themselves on Pinocchio's nose.
    Carlo Collodi
  • When she was a small girl, Amanda hid a ticking clock in an old, rotten tree trunk. It drove woodpeckers crazy. Ignoring tasty bugs all around them, they just about beat their brains out trying to get at the clock. Years later, Amanda used the woodpecker experiment as a model for understanding capitalism, Communism, Christianity, and all other systems that traffic in future rewards rather than in present realities.
    Tom Robbins
  • How infinitely superior to our physical senses are those of the mind! The spiritual eye sees not only rivers of water but of air. It sees the crystals of the rock in rapid sympathetic motion, giving enthusiastic obedience to the sun's rays, then sinking back to rest in the night. The whole world is in motion to the center. So also sounds. We hear only woodpeckers and squirrels and the rush of turbulent streams. But imagination gives us the sweet music of tiniest insect wings, enables us to hear, all round the world, the vibration of every needle, the waving of every bole and branch, the sound of stars in circulation like particles in the blood. The Sierra canyons are full of avalanche debris — we hear them boom again, for we read past sounds from present conditions. Again we hear the earthquake rock-falls. Imagination is usually regarded as a synonym for the unreal. Yet is true imagination healthful and real, no more likely to mislead than the coarser senses. Indeed, the power of imagination makes us infinite.
    John Muir

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