List of woodpeckers

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A male great spotted woodpecker

The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 236 species of woodpeckers which make up the family Picidae. They are distributed among 35 genera, six of which have only one species.[1] The family's taxonomy is still unsettled; the Clements taxonomy lists 231 species[2] and Handbook of the Birds of the World lists 255[3].

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name Binomial name IOC sequence
Eurasian wryneck Jynx torquilla 1
Red-throated wryneck Jynx ruficollis 2
Speckled piculet Picumnus innominatus 3
Bar-breasted piculet Picumnus aurifrons 4
Lafresnaye's piculet Picumnus lafresnayi 5
Orinoco piculet Picumnus pumilus 6
Golden-spangled piculet Picumnus exilis 7
Black-dotted piculet Picumnus nigropunctatus 8
Ecuadorian piculet Picumnus sclateri 9
Scaled piculet Picumnus squamulatus 10
White-bellied piculet Picumnus spilogaster 11
Arrowhead piculet Picumnus minutissimus 12
Spotted piculet Picumnus pygmaeus 13
Speckle-chested piculet Picumnus steindachneri 14
Varzea piculet Picumnus varzeae 15
White-barred piculet Picumnus cirratus 16
Ocellated piculet Picumnus dorbignyanus 17
Ochre-collared piculet Picumnus temminckii 18
White-wedged piculet Picumnus albosquamatus 19
Rusty-necked piculet Picumnus fuscus 20
Rufous-breasted piculet Picumnus rufiventris 21
Ochraceous piculet Picumnus limae 22
Tawny piculet Picumnus fulvescens 23
Mottled piculet Picumnus nebulosus 24
Plain-breasted piculet Picumnus castelnau 25
Fine-barred piculet Picumnus subtilis 26
Olivaceous piculet Picumnus olivaceus 27
Greyish piculet Picumnus granadensis 28
Chestnut piculet Picumnus cinnamomeus 29
African piculet Sasia africana 30
Rufous piculet Sasia abnormis 31
White-browed piculet Sasia ochracea 32
Antillean piculet Nesoctites micromegas 33
Grey-and-buff woodpecker Hemicircus concretus 34
Heart-spotted woodpecker Hemicircus canente 35
White woodpecker Melanerpes candidus 36
Lewis's woodpecker Melanerpes lewis 37
Guadeloupe woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri 38
Puerto Rican woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis 39
Red-headed woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus 40
Acorn woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus 41
Yellow-tufted woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus 42
Yellow-fronted woodpecker Melanerpes flavifrons 43
Golden-naped woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen 44
Beautiful woodpecker Melanerpes pulcher 45
Black-cheeked woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani 46
White-fronted woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum 47
Hispaniolan woodpecker Melanerpes striatus 48
Jamaican woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus 49
Golden-cheeked woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys 50
Grey-breasted woodpecker Melanerpes hypopolius 51
Yucatan woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus 52
Red-crowned woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus 53
Gila woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis 54
Hoffmann's woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii 55
Golden-fronted woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons 56
Velasquez's woodpecker Melanerpes santacruzi 57
Red-bellied woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 58
West Indian woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris 59
Williamson's sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus 60
Yellow-bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 61
Red-naped sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis 62
Red-breasted sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber 63
Cuban green woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus 64
Fine-spotted woodpecker Campethera punctuligera 65
Bennett's woodpecker Campethera bennettii 66
Speckle-throated woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda 67
Nubian woodpecker Campethera nubica 68
Golden-tailed woodpecker Campethera abingoni 69
Mombasa woodpecker Campethera mombassica 70
Knysna woodpecker Campethera notata 71
Green-backed woodpecker Campethera cailliautii 72
Little green woodpecker Campethera maculosa 73
Tullberg's woodpecker Campethera tullbergi 74
Buff-spotted woodpecker Campethera nivosa 75
Brown-eared woodpecker Campethera caroli 76
Ground woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus 77
Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus temminckii 78
Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus nanus 79
Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus 80
Philippine pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus maculatus 81
Sulu pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus ramsayi 82
Sunda pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis 83
Japanese pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki 84
Eurasian three-toed woodpecker Picoides tridactylus 85
American three-toed woodpecker Picoides dorsalis 86
Black-backed woodpecker Picoides arcticus 87
Arabian woodpecker Dendrocoptes dorae 88
Brown-fronted woodpecker Dendrocoptes auriceps 89
Middle spotted woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius 90
Yellow-crowned woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis 91
Bearded woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus 92
Yellow-crested woodpecker Chloropicus xantholophus 93
Fire-bellied woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster 94
Little grey woodpecker Dendropicos elachus 95
Speckle-breasted woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus 96
Abyssinian woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus 97
Cardinal woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens 98
Gabon woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis 99
Melancholy woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris 100
Stierling's woodpecker Dendropicos stierlingi 101
Elliot's woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii 102
African grey woodpecker Dendropicos goertae 103
Eastern grey woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus 104
Olive woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus 105
Brown-backed woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus 106
Nuttall's woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii 107
Ladder-backed woodpecker Dryobates scalaris 108
Downy woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 109
Crimson-breasted woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius 110
Lesser spotted woodpecker Dryobates minor 111
Little woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus 112
Dot-fronted woodpecker Veniliornis frontalis 113
White-spotted woodpecker Veniliornis spilogaster 114
Checkered woodpecker Veniliornis mixtus 115
Striped woodpecker Veniliornis lignarius 116
Scarlet-backed woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus 117
Yellow-vented woodpecker Veniliornis dignus 118
Bar-bellied woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps 119
Blood-colored woodpecker Veniliornis sanguineus 120
Red-rumped woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii 121
Red-stained woodpecker Veniliornis affinis 122
Choco woodpecker Veniliornis chocoensis 123
Golden-collared woodpecker Veniliornis cassini 124
Yellow-eared woodpecker Veniliornis maculifrons 125
Red-cockaded woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis 126
Smoky-brown woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus 127
Arizona woodpecker Leuconotopicus arizonae 128
Strickland's woodpecker Leuconotopicus stricklandi 129
Hairy woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus 130
White-headed woodpecker Leuconotopicus albolarvatus 131
Rufous-bellied woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus 132
Fulvous-breasted woodpecker Dendrocopos macei 133
Freckle-breasted woodpecker Dendrocopos analis 134
Stripe-breasted woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus 135
Darjeeling woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis 136
Himalayan woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis 137
Sind woodpecker Dendrocopos assimilis 138
Syrian woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus 139
White-winged woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus 140
Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major 141
Okinawa woodpecker Dendrocopos noguchii 142
White-backed woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos 143
Rufous-winged woodpecker Piculus simplex 144
Stripe-cheeked woodpecker Piculus callopterus 145
White-throated woodpecker Piculus leucolaemus 146
Lita woodpecker Piculus litae 147
Yellow-throated woodpecker Piculus flavigula 148
Golden-green woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros 149
Yellow-browed woodpecker Piculus aurulentus 150
Golden-olive woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus 151
Grey-crowned woodpecker Colaptes auricularis 152
Bronze-winged woodpecker Colaptes aeruginosus 153
Crimson-mantled woodpecker Colaptes rivolii 154
Black-necked woodpecker Colaptes atricollis 155
Spot-breasted woodpecker Colaptes punctigula 156
Green-barred woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros 157
Northern flicker Colaptes auratus 158
Gilded flicker Colaptes chrysoides 159
Bermuda flicker Colaptes oceanicus 160
Fernandina's flicker Colaptes fernandinae 161
Chilean flicker Colaptes pitius 162
Andean flicker Colaptes rupicola 163
Campo flicker Colaptes campestris 164
Cinnamon woodpecker Celeus loricatus 165
Waved woodpecker Celeus undatus 166
Scaly-breasted woodpecker Celeus grammicus 167
Chestnut-colored woodpecker Celeus castaneus 168
Chestnut woodpecker Celeus elegans 169
Pale-crested woodpecker Celeus lugubris 170
Blond-crested woodpecker Celeus flavescens 171
Ochre-backed woodpecker Celeus ochraceus 172
Cream-colored woodpecker Celeus flavus 173
Rufous-headed woodpecker Celeus spectabilis 174
Kaempfer's woodpecker Celeus obrieni 175
Ringed woodpecker Celeus torquatus 176
Helmeted woodpecker Celeus galeatus 177
Black-bodied woodpecker Dryocopus schulzii 178
Lineated woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus 179
Pileated woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 180
White-bellied woodpecker Dryocopus javensis 181
Andaman woodpecker Dryocopus hodgei 182
Black woodpecker Dryocopus martius 183
Powerful woodpecker Campephilus pollens 184
Crimson-bellied woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster 185
Red-necked woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis 186
Robust woodpecker Campephilus robustus 187
Crimson-crested woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos 188
Pale-billed woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis 189
Guayaquil woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis 190
Cream-backed woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon 191
Magellanic woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus 192
Ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis 193
Imperial woodpecker Campephilus imperialis 194
Banded woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum 195
Checker-throated woodpecker Chrysophlegma mentale 196
Greater yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha 197
Lesser yellownape Picus chlorolophus 198
Crimson-winged woodpecker Picus puniceus 199
Streak-breasted woodpecker Picus viridanus 200
Laced woodpecker Picus vittatus 201
Streak-throated woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus 202
Scaly-bellied woodpecker Picus squamatus 203
Japanese green woodpecker Picus awokera 204
European green woodpecker Picus viridis 205
Iberian green woodpecker Picus sharpei 206
Levaillant's woodpecker Picus vaillantii 207
Red-collared woodpecker Picus rabieri 208
Black-headed woodpecker Picus erythropygius 209
Grey-headed woodpecker Picus canus 210
Olive-backed woodpecker Dinopium rafflesii 211
Himalayan flameback Dinopium shorii 212
Common flameback Dinopium javanense 213
Spot-throated flameback Dinopium everetti 214
Black-rumped flameback Dinopium benghalense 215
Red-backed flameback Dinopium psarodes 216
Buff-spotted flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus 217
Luzon flameback Chrysocolaptes haematribon 218
Yellow-faced flameback Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus 219
Red-headed flameback Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus 220
Javan flameback Chrysocolaptes strictus 221
Greater flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus 222
Crimson-backed flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi 223
White-naped woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus 224
Pale-headed woodpecker Gecinulus grantia 225
Bamboo woodpecker Gecinulus viridis 226
Maroon woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus 227
Bay woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis 228
Orange-backed woodpecker Reinwardtipicus validus 229
Rufous woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus 230
Buff-rumped woodpecker Meiglyptes tristis 231
Black-and-buff woodpecker Meiglyptes jugularis 232
Buff-necked woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki 233
Ashy woodpecker Mulleripicus fulvus 234
Sooty woodpecker Mulleripicus funebris 235
Great slaty woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus 236

References

  1. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D. (June 2019). "IOC World Bird List (v 9.2)". Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved August 14, 2018
  3. ^ HBW and BirdLife International (2018) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 3. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v3_Nov18.zip accessed April 25, 2019
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