Picidae

The picidés (or Picidae ) are Oiseau X of small size to rather large (from 7,5 to 60 cm), with the nozzle fairly long right. Their short legs carry 4 long fingers, some species by having only 3. The majority have the long tail, with solids median rectrices. Their long language is provided with a barbed point, adapted to seize the insects. They are almost cosmopolitan, except for the areas of most septentrional and of Australia. They live in the forests, the wooded areas and the meadows, since the cold moderate areas to the tropics.

One distinguishes three groups in the family from Picidés:

the group of the Torcol S

Contrary to other Picidés, the torcols do not dig cavities in the trees to nest but use natural cavities. They also live in forest mediums.

the group of the Picumne S

The picumnes are small peaks originating mainly in the forests of South America (one meets of them only three species in Asia and only one in Africa). Like the majority of truths peaks, they are zygodactyles but their rectrices are softer and round that those of the peaks. For this reason, one observes them more often perched than hung to the trunks of the trees. Like the peaks, they have also a lengthened language, but their nozzle is less pointed and less length. They preferably seek their preys in the trunks in decomposition. To nest, they often re-use cavities given up by the peaks.

the group of “truths peak S”

Alphabetical list of the kinds

Asyndesmus
Blythipicus
Campephilus
Campethera '

Celeus

Centurus

Chrysocolaptes

Colaptes

Dendrocopos

Dendropicos

Dinopium

Dryocopus

Gecinulus

Geocolaptes

Hemicircus

Jynx Linnaeus, 1758

Meiglyptes

Melanerpes

Mulleripicus

Nesoctites Hargitt, 1890

Picoides

Piculus

Picumnus Temminck, 1825

Picus

Reinwardtipicus

Sapheopipo

Sasia Hodgson, 1837

Sphyrapicus

Veniliornis

Xiphidiopicus

List species

Subfamily of Jynginae (torcols)

Torcol fourmilier - Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758 - Eurasian Wryneck .
Torcol with russet-red throat - Jynx ruficollis - Rufous-necked Wryneck .

Subfamily of Picumninae (picumnes)

Picumne mottled - Picumnus innominatus Burton, 1836 - Speckled Piculet .
Picumne barred - Picumnus will aurifrons Pelzeln, 1870 - Bar-breasted Piculet .
Picumne de Lafresnaye - Picumnus lafresnayi Malherbe, 1862 - Lafresnaye' S Piculet .
Picumne of Orénoque - Picumnus pumilus Cabanis & Heine, 1863 - Orinoco Piculet .
Picumne de Buffon - Picumnus exilis (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Golden delicious-spangled Piculet .
Picumne mackled - Picumnus nigropunctatus Zimmer & Phelps, 1950 - Black-spotted Piculet .
Picumne de Sclater - Picumnus sclateri Taczanowski, 1877 - Ecuadorian Piculet .
Picumne squamulé - Picumnus squamulatus Lafresnaye, 1854 - Scaled Piculet .
Picumne with white belly - Picumnus spilogaster Sundevall, 1866 - White-bellied Piculet .
Picumne of Cayenne - Picumnus minutissimus (Pallas, 1782) - Guianan Piculet .
Picumne ocellé - Picumnus pygmaeus (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Spotted Piculet .
Picumne beaded - Picumnus steindachneri Taczanowski, 1882 - Speckle-chested Piculet .
Picumne of Varzéas - Picumnus varzeae E Snethlage, 1912 - Varzea Piculet .
Picumne fringed - Picumnus cirratus Temminck, 1825 - White-barred Piculet .
Picumne d' Orbigny - Picumnus dorbignyanus Lafresnaye 1845 - Ocellated Piculet .
Picumne de Temminck - Picumnus temminckii Lafresnaye, 1845 - Ocher-collared Piculet .
black Picumne and white - Picumnus albosquamatus Orbigny, 1840 - White-wedge Piculet .
Picumne with russet-red nape of the neck - Picumnus fuscus Pelzeln, 1870 - Rusty-necked Piculet .
Picumne with russet-red belly - Picumnus rufiventris (Bonaparte, 1838) - Rufous-breasted Piculet .
ocher Picumne - Picumnus limae E Snethlage, 1924 - Ochraceous Piculet .
fawn-coloured Picumne - Picumnus fulvescens Stager, 1961 - Tawny Piculet .
Picumne striated - Picumnus nebulosus Sundevall, 1866 - Mottled Piculet .
Picumne de Castelnau - Picumnus castelnau Malherbe, 1862 - Lime pit-breasted Piculet .
Picumne de Cuzco - Picumnus subtilis Stager, 1968 - Fine-barred Piculet .
Picumne olivâtre - Picumnus olivaceus Lafresnaye, 1845 - Olivaceous Piculet .
gray Picumne - Picumnus granadensis Lafresnaye, 1847 - Greyish Piculet .
Picumne grooves - Picumnus cinnamomeus Wagler, 1829 - Chestnut Piculet .
Picumne de Verreaux - Sasia africana J Verreaux & E Verreaux, 1855 - African Piculet .
russet-red Picumne - Sasia abnormis (Temminck, 1825) - Rufous Piculet .
Picumne with white eyebrows - Sasia ochracea Hodgson, 1837 - White-browed Piculet .
Picumne of the Antilles - Nesoctites micromegas (Sundevall, 1866) - Antillean Piculet .

Subfamily of Picinae (peaks sensu stricto )

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