Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Imperial Woodpecker


Related Topics

In the News (Mon 13 Oct 08)

  
  Encyclopedia: Imperial Woodpecker
The Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) is (or was) a member of the woodpecker family Piciformes.
The Decline and Present Status of the Imperial Woodpecker of Mexico by James T. Tanner, Auk, volume 81, number 1, p.
Woodpeckers 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Imperial-Woodpecker   (431 words)

  
 Woodpecker at exZOOberance!
Woodpecker, common name for any of a family of more than 200 species of birds known for their ability to cling to the trunks of trees and dig holes in the wood with their beaks.
Woodpeckers generally nest in holes cut into the trunks of trees or even into giant cacti, the female depositing several shiny, white eggs in a soft bed of rotted chips at the bottom of the cavity.
The downy woodpecker is classified as Picoides pubescens, the hairy woodpecker as Picoides villosus, and the acorn woodpecker as Melanerpes formicivorus.
www.exzooberance.com /virtual%20zoo/they%20fly/woodpecker/woodpecker.htm   (514 words)

  
 Ivory-Billed-Woodpecker.y2u.co.uk - Info and Recent discovery
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) is a member of the woodpecker family, Picidae.
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker is the second-largest woodpecker in the world, slightly smaller than the closely related Imperial Woodpecker (C.
A very large woodpecker was videotaped on April 25, 2004; its size, wing pattern at rest and in flight, and white plumage on its back between the wings were cited as evidence that the woodpecker sighted was an Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
ivory-billed-woodpecker.y2u.co.uk   (1441 words)

  
 Articles - Woodpecker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Woodpeckers gained their English name because of the habit of some species of tapping and pecking noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.
This is both a means of communication to signal possession of territory to their rivals, and a method of echo-locating grubs under the bark of the tree.
Woodpeckers were named among the most intelligent birds based on this scale.
www.bird-center.net /articles/Woodpecker   (341 words)

  
 Imperial Woodpecker -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Imperial Woodpecker -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
(Woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans) Piciformes
The Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) is (or was) a member of the (Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects) woodpecker family Piciformes.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/im/imperial_woodpecker.htm   (310 words)

  
 Picidae (Woodpeckers, Piculets, & Wrynecks)
Woodpeckers are small, medium and medium-large sized, for the most part, arboreal birds, generally recognizable by their physiology and habits.
Typically, woodpeckers have chisel-like bills that are used primarily for excavating nest and roost holes in trees and other suitable plant material.
Woodpeckers feed primarily on but not limited to: ants, beetle species, spiders, moths, grasshoppers, crickets, and larvae.
www.nashvillezoo.org /piciformes/picidae.htm   (3268 words)

  
 Search Tuna Report for Ivory-Billed Woodpecker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Believed since 1952 to be nearing extinction, the last known members of this species were reported from the deepest forests of NW Florida and central Louisiana.
A shiny blue-fl in color with extensive white markings on its wings and neck, this bird is distinguished by its pure white bill and by a prominent top crest, red in the male and fl in the female.
A true woodpecker, it has a strong and straight chisellike bill and a long, mobile, hard-tipped, sticky tongue....
www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/2763.html   (3488 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.