Woodpecker: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 13, 2026
Links added. Sep 21, 2023
Modified age appropriateness: A-Z Animals - Woodpecker. Mar 05, 2020
Add new Web site: The Spruce - Fun Facts About Woodpeckers. Mar 12, 2019
Replaced photograph. Dec 08, 2017
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Woodpecker. May 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Creagrus - Woodpecker. Apr 22, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Woodpecker. Apr 22, 2013
Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Woodpecker. Apr 22, 2013
Add new Web site: Defenders of Wildlife - Woodpecker. Aug 20, 2012
Added image of an acorn woodpecker. Mar 07, 2012
Added image of pileated woodpecker. Aug 26, 2010
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Woodpecker. May 26, 2008
Added new Web site: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology - All About Birds - Northern Pintail. Apr 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Nashville Zoo at Grassmere - Picidae (Woodpeckers, Piculets, & Wrynecks). Apr 18, 2008
Added new Web site: Montereybay.com - Woodpecker family. Apr 18, 2008
Media added. May 10, 2007
Article revised. Jul 08, 2005
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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