an order of birds, containing climbing, insectivorous and wood-boring species. The beak is hard and powerful, the tongue long and protrusible, and the feet zygodactylous. Woodpeckers, Toucans., varblase- kuni rongasuurused puuelulised metsalinnud; 6 (7) sgk-a; ligi 400 liiki. R-i on kõikjal, v.a. Austraalias ja Madagaskaril ... Maas tegutsevad r-d harva ...