Woodpecker

Woodpeckers are a group of birds that live in various habitats around the world, but mostly in forested areas.

There are about 240 different species of woodpeckers, but they are absent from Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar, New Guinea, and Antarctica.

Some woodpeckers are migratory, such as the yellow-bellied sapsucker and the flicker, while others are resident, meaning they stay in the same area throughout the year.

Some woodpeckers are adapted to live in specific habitats, such as the Gila woodpecker, which lives in the deserts of the southwest United States and Mexico and uses cacti as nesting sites, or the Lewis's woodpecker, which feeds on flying insects instead of pecking wood.