page_title: Woodpecker
hierarchical_section_title: Woodpecker
caption_attribution_description: English: Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius with young, Oulu, Finland.
context_page_description: The woodpeckers and its near relatives the piculets, wrynecks and sapsuckers are the family Picidae. They are near-passerine birds. Members of the Picidae are found worldwide, except for the parts of old Gondwana which they did not get to: Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar and Antarctica. Most species live in forests or woodland habitats.
  The Picidae are just one of the eight living families in the order Piciformes. DNA sequence analyses have shown they are a clade.
  There are about 240 species and about 35 genera in this family. Many species are threatened or endangered due to loss of habitat or habitat fragmentation.
context_section_description: The woodpeckers and its near relatives the piculets, wrynecks and sapsuckers are the family Picidae. They are near-passerine birds. Members of the Picidae are found worldwide, except for the parts of old Gondwana which they did not get to: Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar and Antarctica. Most species live in forests or woodland habitats.
  The Picidae are just one of the eight living families in the order Piciformes. DNA sequence analyses have shown they are a clade.
  There are about 240 species and about 35 genera in this family. Many species are threatened or endangered due to loss of habitat or habitat fragmentation.
caption: A male black woodpecker attending its chicks
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