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Good call but just in case we need an each way bet I will stay loyal to my home grown native Puffinus puffinus which, unlike its eponymous feline namesake does have a tail.

Neat Woodpecker shots Peter. They are not always the most cooperative subjects.

I'm not much good with birds on the other side of the Atlantic, but let's try Cory's Shearwater

Thank you very much @Galana

214) Chipping Sparrow - 22 October (Monterey, CA)  

Sorry for the delay - I have been away from my photo archive the past couple of days.   When I answered @janzin's entry, I thought I could dig up a decent entry on my laptop but was mistaken.   Anyway - this one is not difficult but I figure it is time for a tubenose in this game:  

#13. Unlucky for some but not for you. Nice birds.

13) Golden-tailed Woodpecker   Goudstertspeg   Campethera abingoni     6 August, Marafika

These pics are from  a safari in Tswalu Private Game Reserve three years ago but it is an excellent place to see a Temminck's ground pangolin.  I am absolutely fascinated by their perfect cylindrical shape!   Our sharp eyed guides spotted the distinctive tracks of the pangolin across the Kalahari sand road...we hopped out and they followed the tracks often in circles (for a half hour or so) until we found the burrow it had dug for the daylight hours.  We came back at dusk/dark and just waited silently.  Before long, the pangolin emerged.  They called the researcher who came out and did some measurements thinking it had not been "tagged" before.  If memory serves it was a female but it had been quite a while since she had been observed.  After a couple checks and measures she was released into the night to do her thing.    Pangolin tracks:   Finding her out of the burrow in the early evening---camera isn't very good at night: Taking measurements: