Habitat:
the woodpeckers have mostly cosmopolitan distribution, although they are absent from Australia, Madagascar and Antartica. They are also absent from world's oceanic islands, although any insultar species are found on continental islands. The true woodpeckers subfa,ily picinae, are distributed across the entire range of the woodpeckers. The picumniae piculets have a tropical distribution. whit species in shoutheast asia, africa and the neotropics, whit south america holding the majority of piculet species.
overall the woodpeckers are arboreal birds of wooded habitats
Types of WoodPeckers:
Western Woodpecker Birds & Habitat Preference
Lewis Woodpecker (foothills, farmlands, dry open woods and orchards)
Acorn Woodpecker (oak and pine woods or suburbs)
Gila Woodpecker (deserts, suburbs in dry regions, dry streams)
Red-naped Sapsucker (woods, orchards)
Red-Breasted Sapsucker (moist woodlands)
Williamson's Sapsucker (coniferous forests, especially Ponderosa Pine)
Nuttall's Woodpecker (shrub-lands, along streams, oak woodlands)
Strickland Woodpecker (canyons, oak woods and pine woods)
White-headed Woodpecker (coniferous woods in mountains)
Woodpecker Birds Found in Both Regions
Red-headed Woodpecker (open woods, suburbs, orchards and farmlands)
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (parks, gardens, woodlands)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (woods and orchards)
Downy Woodpecker (farmlands, woods, suburbs)
Hairy Woodpecker (farmlands, woods and suburbs)
Northern Flicker (woodlands, farmlands, parks and suburbs)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (creeks, farmlands, suburbs, arid and semi-arid brush-lands)
Black-toed Woodpecker (boreal (northern zone) coniferous forests)
Three-toed Woodpecker (boreal coniferous forests)
Pileated Woodpecker (mature forests and suburbs)
Gilded Flicker (dry foothills and lowlands)
