Woodpeckers and allies (14-6)

Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.
  • Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla
Eurasian wryneck - D-12, Islamabad

  • Speckled piculet, Picumnus innominatus
Speckled piculet --- Margalla Hills

  • Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker, Yungipicus nanus
  • Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker, Yungipicus canicapillus
  • Brown-fronted woodpecker, Dendrocoptes auriceps
Brown-fronted woodpecker - Margalla Hills

  • Fulvous-breasted woodpecker, Dendrocopos macei
Fulvous-Breasted Woodpecker - Margalla

  • Rufous-bellied woodpecker, Dendrocopos hyperythrus
  • Sind woodpecker, Dendrocopos assimilis
  • Himalayan woodpecker, Dendrocopos himalayensis
  • Yellow-crowned woodpecker, Leiopicus mahrattensis
  • Rufous woodpecker, Micropternus brachyurus
  • Scaly-bellied woodpecker, Picus squamatus
Scaly-bellied woodpecker (Male) - Margalla Hills

    Scaly-bellied woodpecker (Female) - Margalla Hills
  • Grey-faced woodpecker, Picus canus
  • Black-rumped flameback, Dinopium benghalense
Black-rumped flameback - H-9, Islamabad

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