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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 1)

10,000 Birds

Makes them sort of the renters of the woodpecker world rather than homeowners. This bee-eater is another bird species with a somewhat underwhelming work ethic. As the bills of piculets are shorter and less dagger-like than those of the other woodpeckers, they re-use woodpecker holes for nesting, rather than making their own holes.