Zygodactyle Foot of a Woodpecker

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“Fig. 45.- Zygodactyle foot of a woodpecker, Hylotomus pileatus. The zygodactyle or yoke-toed modification has been sufficiently noted in (fig. 45). It was formerly made much of, as a scansorial or climbing type of foot, and an absurd “order” of birds has been called Scansores.” Elliot Coues, 1884

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birds, bird anatomy, bird feet, bird claws, woodpecker feet, Hylotomus pileatus, zygodactyle foot

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Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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