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How do tinkerbirds forage for insects on tree bark?

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downy woodpecker — Piciform Downy woodpecker (*Dendrocopos pubescens*).

Tinkerbirds forage for insects by moving rapidly over tree bark. During this process, they occasionally tap on the bark with their beak, a behavior similar to that of piculets in the woodpecker family.1