How do woodpeckers extract grubs with their tongues? A study of the Guadeloupe Woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri) in the French West Indies

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 509-514

  Villard, Pascal ^a,c   Cuisin, Jacques ^b  

^a Hauteurs Lézarde   (Guadeloupe)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAPTIVITY; EXTRACTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

AVES; MELANERPES; MELANERPES HERMINIERI; PICIDAE;

EID: 2942598285     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/121.2.509     Document Type: Article

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