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pileated woodpecker
Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) delivering food to its young.
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great spotted woodpecker
Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major).
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European great spotted woodpecker
European great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major).
© Javier Fernández Sánchez—Moment/Getty Images
ivory-billed woodpeckers
By the early 21st century, the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)...
Kenneth W. Fink—Root Resources/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Kenneth W. Fink—Root Resources/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
hairy woodpecker skull
Position of hyoid bones (shaded) with tongue retracted (A) and extended (B), shown...
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