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Woodpeckers, Barbets and Toucans are all members of the order Piciformes. Most Piciformes are insect eaters although Barbets and Toucans eat fruit. All are tree dwellers and nest in cavities.
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All About Birds: Woodpeckers and Allies
- Identification guide to woodpeckers found in the United States, with life histories and sound clips.
American Barbets
- Birdwatcher describes his activities watching Barbets, and includes photographs, and pages on Asian and African Barbets, Toucans and Toucan-Barbets.
Animal Diversity Web: Piciformes
- Illustrations and photographs of the birds within the order, and sound files.
Barbets to Scimitarbills
- Photographic survey of Asian Barbets, African Barbets, Toucans and New World Barbets.
Boreal Songbird Initiative: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Introduces the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker or Sphyrapicus varius, and provides information on habitat, feeding and behaviour, range, and conservation issues.
Colorado State University: Preventing Woodpecker Damage
- Article on damage caused by woodpeckers in Colorado, with advice on repellants, exclusion methods, nestboxes and lethal control.
Defenders of Wildlife: Woodpeckers
- Describes woodpeckers and how they feed, and gives information on species numbers, range, behaviour, threats, and legal protection in the United States.
Dick Dionne: Woodpeckers, Flickers and Sapsuckers
- Gallery of photographs covering several species of woodpeckers and sapsuckers. Provides links to other galleries featuring the birds.
The Internet Bird Collection: Barbets (Capitonidae)
- Overview of the family and statistics, plus listings of the various species of Barbets and Tinkerbirds, with further information, photographs and videos.
Ivory Billed Woodpecker
- Devoted to the largest US woodpecker, until recently thought to be extinct. Includes details of the author's searches, and a link to an analysis of his video showing the Ivory Billed Woodpecker.
Julie Zickefoose: Ivory-billed Woodpecker
- Natural history writer and artist describes her encounter with an ivorybill, and other sightings.
North Central Forest Experiment Station: How To
- Presents advice on identifying and controlling sapsucker injury on trees. Shows photographs of typical damage and notes the shooting of sapsuckers is illegal and ineffective.
Ramphastos Toco
- Project on the bird more commonly known as the toco toucan. With adaptations, reproduction, habitat, interesting facts and advice on keeping the bird as a pet.
RSPB: Wrynecks and Woodpeckers
- Overview of the family, and details of the species found in the UK.
Whole Earth Catalog: Sapsuckers at Work
- Explores how sapsuckers are a keystone species essential to a diverse community of species.
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