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| | 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) |
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