Order PICIFORMES

Woodpeckers
They are mainly stiff-tailed, long-necked birds with strong chisel-shaped bills that they use to hammer or prise open the substrate (wood, bark, rotten material, ant and termite nest) to find food or make nest sites. Most have powerful, ringing cries and some also drum. A woodpecker flies by noisily flapping its wings for a few strokes and then gliding with them closed; this causes it to dip deeply and results in a heavy undulating flight; one bird always follows another from tree to tree, uttering laud, discordant call notes. (Smythies, The Birds of Borneo, 1999)

Piculets
The piculets are distinguished from the true woodpeckers by their very small size and short, soft tail feathers. They do not drum, and pick much of their food from the substrate surface. Out of 31 species, 27 are South American, one African and three Asian, and two of the Asian Species are found in Borneo. (Smythies, The Birds of Borneo, 1999)

Photographed Species

Scientific Name	Common Name	Link
(Blythipicus rubiginosus)	Maroon Woodpecker	Male	Female
(Chrysocolsptes validus)	Orange-backed Woodpecker	Male	Female
(Chrysophlegma mentale)	Checker-throated Yellownape	Image
(Chrysophlegma miniaceum)	Banded Yellownape	Male	Female
(Dinopium javanense)	Common Flameback	Male	Female
(Dinopium rafflesii)	Olive-backed Woodpecker	Male
(Dryocopus javensis)	White-bellied Woodpecker	Male	Female
(Dryocopus pulverulentus)	Great Slaty Woodpecker	Image
(Hemicircus concretus)	Gray-and-buff Woodpecker	Male
(Meiglyptes tristis)	Buff-rumped Woodpecker	Male	Female
(Meiglyptes tukki tukki)	Buff-necked Woodpecker	Male	Female
(Micropternus brachyurus)	Rufous Woodpecker	Male	Female
(Picoides canicapillus)	Grey-capped Pygmy-woodpecker	Image
(Picoides moluccensis)	Sunda Pygmy-woodpecker	Male
(Picus puniceus)	Crimson-winged Woodpecker	Male
(Sasia abnormis abnormis)	Rufous Piculet	Male