Today's Brilliant Bird is The Wonderful Woodpecker!
FACTS:
Scientific Name: Picidae
Domain: Eukaryota
Lifespan: 4-11 Years
Length: 20-24 cm
Weight: 70-98 G
Diet: Bugs, Spiders, Chicks and Eggs of smaller birds, Nuts and Seeds
Population: 3000- 6000 Pairs in The UK
Country from: UK, South East Asia, Africa and mostly South America
Super Power: Uses their beaks to make holes in the trunks of trees to eat their food!
Gestation period: 10 - 12 Days!
How many types: 240!! That's nearly FIVE times more species than the Cat!
FUN FACTS:
Only MALE Woodpeckers have a red patch on the back of their head!
Even though the Woodpecker bangs it's beak on tree trunks all day, it NEVER gets a head ache!
The rarest Woodpecker in the world is the Ivory- Billed Woodpecker. Better Start looking!
*Credits to Wiki
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