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The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 241 species of woodpeckers which make up the family Picidae. They are distributed among 36 genera, six of which have only one species. One species, the Bermuda flicker, is extinct. The family's taxonomy is unsettled; the Clements taxonomy lists 235 species and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World lists 254.
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 + authority | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|
| Eurasian wryneck | Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758 | 1 |
| Red-throated wryneck | Jynx ruficollis Wagler, 1830 | 2 |
| Speckled piculet | Picumnus innominatus Burton, E, 1836 | 3 |
| Bar-breasted piculet | Picumnus aurifrons Pelzeln, 1870 | 4 |
| Lafresnaye's piculet | Picumnus lafresnayi Malherbe, 1862 | 5 |
| Orinoco piculet | Picumnus pumilus Cabanis & Heine, 1863 | 6 |
| Golden-spangled piculet | Picumnus exilis (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 7 |
| Ecuadorian piculet | Picumnus sclateri Taczanowski, 1877 | 8 |
| Scaled piculet | Picumnus squamulatus Lafresnaye, 1854 | 9 |
| White-bellied piculet | Picumnus spilogaster Sundevall, 1866 | 10 |
| Arrowhead piculet | Picumnus minutissimus (Pallas, 1782) | 11 |
| Spotted piculet | Picumnus pygmaeus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 12 |
| Speckle-chested piculet | Picumnus steindachneri Taczanowski, 1882 | 13 |
| Varzea piculet | Picumnus varzeae Snethlage, E, 1912 | 14 |
| White-barred piculet | Picumnus cirratus Temminck, 1825 | 15 |
| Ocellated piculet | Picumnus dorbignyanus Lafresnaye, 1845 | 16 |
| Ochre-collared piculet | Picumnus temminckii Lafresnaye, 1845 | 17 |
| White-wedged piculet | Picumnus albosquamatus d'Orbigny, 1840 | 18 |
| Rusty-necked piculet | Picumnus fuscus Pelzeln, 1870 | 19 |
| Rufous-breasted piculet | Picumnus rufiventris (Bonaparte, 1838) | 20 |
| Ochraceous piculet | Picumnus limae Snethlage, E, 1924 | 21 |
| Mottled piculet | Picumnus nebulosus Sundevall, 1866 | 22 |
| Plain-breasted piculet | Picumnus castelnau Malherbe, 1862 | 23 |
| Fine-barred piculet | Picumnus subtilis Stager, 1968 | 24 |
| Olivaceous piculet | Picumnus olivaceus Lafresnaye, 1845 | 25 |
| Greyish piculet | Picumnus granadensis Lafresnaye, 1847 | 26 |
| Chestnut piculet | Picumnus cinnamomeus Wagler, 1829 | 27 |
| African piculet | Verreauxia africana (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855) | 28 |
| Rufous piculet | Sasia abnormis (Temminck, 1825) | 29 |
| White-browed piculet | Sasia ochracea Hodgson, 1837 | 30 |
| Antillean piculet | Nesoctites micromegas (Sundevall, 1866) | 31 |
| Grey-and-buff woodpecker | Hemicircus concretus (Temminck, 1821) | 32 |
| Heart-spotted woodpecker | Hemicircus canente (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 33 |
| White woodpecker | Melanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796) | 34 |
| Lewis's woodpecker | Melanerpes lewis (Gray, GR, 1849) | 35 |
| Guadeloupe woodpecker | Melanerpes herminieri (Lesson, RP, 1830) | 36 |
| Puerto Rican woodpecker | Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803) | 37 |
| Red-headed woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 38 |
| Acorn woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827) | 39 |
| Yellow-tufted woodpecker | Melanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783) | 40 |
| Yellow-fronted woodpecker | Melanerpes flavifrons (Vieillot, 1818) | 41 |
| Golden-naped woodpecker | Melanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 1870 | 42 |
| Beautiful woodpecker | Melanerpes pulcher Sclater, PL, 1870 | 43 |
| Black-cheeked woodpecker | Melanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849) | 44 |
| White-fronted woodpecker | Melanerpes cactorum (d'Orbigny, 1840) | 45 |
| Hispaniolan woodpecker | Melanerpes striatus (Müller, PLS, 1776) | 46 |
| Jamaican woodpecker | Melanerpes radiolatus (Wagler, 1827) | 47 |
| Golden-cheeked woodpecker | Melanerpes chrysogenys (Vigors, 1839) | 48 |
| Grey-breasted woodpecker | Melanerpes hypopolius (Wagler, 1829) | 49 |
| Yucatan woodpecker | Melanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885) | 50 |
| Red-crowned woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862) | 51 |
| Gila woodpecker | Melanerpes uropygialis (Baird, SF, 1854) | 52 |
| Hoffmann's woodpecker | Melanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) | 53 |
| Golden-fronted woodpecker | Melanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829) | 54 |
| Velasquez's woodpecker | Melanerpes santacruzi (Bonaparte, 1838) | 55 |
| Red-bellied woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 56 |
| West Indian woodpecker | Melanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827) | 57 |
| Williamson's sapsucker | Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cassin, 1852) | 58 |
| Yellow-bellied sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 59 |
| Red-naped sapsucker | Sphyrapicus nuchalis Baird, SF, 1858 | 60 |
| Red-breasted sapsucker | Sphyrapicus ruber (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 61 |
| Cuban green woodpecker | Xiphidiopicus percussus (Temminck, 1826) | 62 |
| Buff-spotted woodpecker | Pardipicus nivosus (Swainson, 1837) | 63 |
| Brown-eared woodpecker | Pardipicus caroli (Malherbe, 1852) | 64 |
| Ground woodpecker | Geocolaptes olivaceus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 65 |
| Fine-spotted woodpecker | Campethera punctuligera (Wagler, 1827) | 66 |
| Bennett's woodpecker | Campethera bennettii (Smith, A, 1836) | 67 |
| Speckle-throated woodpecker | Campethera scriptoricauda (Reichenow, 1896) | 68 |
| Nubian woodpecker | Campethera nubica (Boddaert, 1783) | 69 |
| Golden-tailed woodpecker | Campethera abingoni (Smith, A, 1836) | 70 |
| Mombasa woodpecker | Campethera mombassica (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) | 71 |
| Knysna woodpecker | Campethera notata (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 72 |
| Little green woodpecker | Campethera maculosa (Valenciennes, 1826) | 73 |
| Little spotted woodpecker | Campethera cailliautii (Malherbe, 1849) | 74 |
| Tullberg's woodpecker | Campethera tullbergi Sjöstedt, 1892 | 75 |
| Fine-banded woodpecker | Campethera taeniolaema Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 | 76 |
| Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker | Yungipicus temminckii (Malherbe, 1849) | 77 |
| Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker | Yungipicus nanus (Vigors, 1832) | 78 |
| Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker | Yungipicus canicapillus (Blyth, 1845) | 79 |
| Philippine pygmy woodpecker | Yungipicus maculatus (Scopoli, 1786) | 80 |
| Sulu pygmy woodpecker | Yungipicus ramsayi Hargitt, 1881 | 81 |
| Sunda pygmy woodpecker | Yungipicus moluccensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 82 |
| Japanese pygmy woodpecker | Yungipicus kizuki (Temminck, 1836) | 83 |
| Eurasian three-toed woodpecker | Picoides tridactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 84 |
| American three-toed woodpecker | Picoides dorsalis Baird, SF, 1858 | 85 |
| Black-backed woodpecker | Picoides arcticus (Swainson, 1832) | 86 |
| Arabian woodpecker | Dendrocoptes dorae (Bates, GL & Kinnear, 1935) | 87 |
| Brown-fronted woodpecker | Dendrocoptes auriceps (Vigors, 1831) | 88 |
| Middle spotted woodpecker | Dendrocoptes medius (Linnaeus, 1758) | 89 |
| Yellow-crowned woodpecker | Leiopicus mahrattensis (Latham, 1801) | 90 |
| Bearded woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793) | 91 |
| Yellow-crested woodpecker | Chloropicus xantholophus Hargitt, 1883 | 92 |
| Fire-bellied woodpecker | Chloropicus pyrrhogaster (Malherbe, 1845) | 93 |
| Little grey woodpecker | Dendropicos elachus Oberholser, 1919 | 94 |
| Speckle-breasted woodpecker | Dendropicos poecilolaemus Reichenow, 1893 | 95 |
| Abyssinian woodpecker | Dendropicos abyssinicus (Stanley, 1814) | 96 |
| Cardinal woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 97 |
| Gabon woodpecker | Dendropicos gabonensis (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1851) | 98 |
| Melancholy woodpecker | Dendropicos lugubris Hartlaub, 1857 | 99 |
| Stierling's woodpecker | Dendropicos stierlingi Reichenow, 1901 | 100 |
| Elliot's woodpecker | Dendropicos elliotii (Cassin, 1863) | 101 |
| African grey woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae (Müller, PLS, 1776) | 102 |
| Eastern grey woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus (Bonaparte, 1850) | 103 |
| Olive woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus (Boddaert, 1783) | 104 |
| Brown-backed woodpecker | Dendropicos obsoletus (Wagler, 1829) | 105 |
| Nuttall's woodpecker | Dryobates nuttallii (Gambel, 1843) | 106 |
| Ladder-backed woodpecker | Dryobates scalaris (Wagler, 1829) | 107 |
| Downy woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 108 |
| Crimson-naped woodpecker | Dryobates cathpharius (Blyth, 1843) | 109 |
| Necklaced woodpecker | Dryobates pernyii (Verreaux, J, 1867) | 110 |
| Lesser spotted woodpecker | Dryobates minor (Linnaeus, 1758) | 111 |
| Little woodpecker | Veniliornis passerinus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 112 |
| Dot-fronted woodpecker | Veniliornis frontalis (Cabanis, 1883) | 113 |
| White-spotted woodpecker | Veniliornis spilogaster (Wagler, 1827) | 114 |
| Checkered woodpecker | Veniliornis mixtus (Boddaert, 1783) | 115 |
| Striped woodpecker | Veniliornis lignarius (Molina, 1782) | 116 |
| Scarlet-backed woodpecker | Veniliornis callonotus (Waterhouse, 1841) | 117 |
| Yellow-vented woodpecker | Veniliornis dignus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1877) | 118 |
| Bar-bellied woodpecker | Veniliornis nigriceps (d'Orbigny, 1840) | 119 |
| Blood-colored woodpecker | Veniliornis sanguineus (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793) | 120 |
| Red-rumped woodpecker | Veniliornis kirkii (Malherbe, 1845) | 121 |
| Red-stained woodpecker | Veniliornis affinis (Swainson, 1821) | 122 |
| Choco woodpecker | Veniliornis chocoensis Todd, 1919 | 123 |
| Golden-collared woodpecker | Veniliornis cassini (Malherbe, 1862) | 124 |
| Yellow-eared woodpecker | Veniliornis maculifrons (Spix, 1824) | 125 |
| Red-cockaded woodpecker | Leuconotopicus borealis (Vieillot, 1809) | 126 |
| Smoky-brown woodpecker | Leuconotopicus fumigatus (d'Orbigny, 1840) | 127 |
| Arizona woodpecker | Leuconotopicus arizonae (Hargitt, 1886) | 128 |
| Strickland's woodpecker | Leuconotopicus stricklandi (Malherbe, 1845) | 129 |
| Hairy woodpecker | Leuconotopicus villosus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 130 |
| White-headed woodpecker | Leuconotopicus albolarvatus (Cassin, 1850) | 131 |
| Rufous-bellied woodpecker | Dendrocopos hyperythrus (Vigors, 1831) | 132 |
| Fulvous-breasted woodpecker | Dendrocopos macei (Vieillot, 1818) | 133 |
| Freckle-breasted woodpecker | Dendrocopos analis (Bonaparte, 1850) | 134 |
| Stripe-breasted woodpecker | Dendrocopos atratus (Blyth, 1849) | 135 |
| Darjeeling woodpecker | Dendrocopos darjellensis (Blyth, 1845) | 136 |
| Himalayan woodpecker | Dendrocopos himalayensis (Jardine & Selby, 1831) | 137 |
| Sind woodpecker | Dendrocopos assimilis (Blyth, 1849) | 138 |
| Syrian woodpecker | Dendrocopos syriacus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) | 139 |
| White-winged woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucopterus (Salvadori, 1871) | 140 |
| Great spotted woodpecker | Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) | 141 |
| Okinawa woodpecker | Dendrocopos noguchii (Seebohm, 1887) | 142 |
| White-backed woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos (Bechstein, 1802) | 143 |
| Rufous-winged woodpecker | Piculus simplex (Salvin, 1870) | 144 |
| Stripe-cheeked woodpecker | Piculus callopterus (Lawrence, 1862) | 145 |
| White-throated woodpecker | Piculus leucolaemus (Natterer & Malherbe, 1845) | 146 |
| Lita woodpecker | Piculus litae (Rothschild, 1901) | 147 |
| Yellow-throated woodpecker | Piculus flavigula (Boddaert, 1783) | 148 |
| Golden-green woodpecker | Piculus chrysochloros (Vieillot, 1818) | 149 |
| Yellow-browed woodpecker | Piculus aurulentus (Temminck, 1821) | 150 |
| Golden-olive woodpecker | Colaptes rubiginosus (Swainson, 1820) | 151 |
| Bronze-winged woodpecker | Colaptes aeruginosus (Malherbe, 1862) | 152 |
| Grey-crowned woodpecker | Colaptes auricularis (Salvin & Godman, 1889) | 153 |
| Crimson-mantled woodpecker | Colaptes rivolii (Boissonneau, 1840) | 154 |
| Black-necked woodpecker | Colaptes atricollis (Malherbe, 1850) | 155 |
| Spot-breasted woodpecker | Colaptes punctigula (Boddaert, 1783) | 156 |
| Green-barred woodpecker | Colaptes melanochloros (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 157 |
| Northern flicker | Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 158 |
| Guatemalan flicker | Colaptes mixicanoides Lafresnaye, 1844 | 159 |
| Gilded flicker | Colaptes chrysoides (Malherbe, 1852) | 160 |
| Bermuda flicker | Colaptes oceanicus Olson, 2013 | 161 |
| Fernandina's flicker | Colaptes fernandinae Vigors, 1827 | 162 |
| Chilean flicker | Colaptes pitius (Molina, 1782) | 163 |
| Andean flicker | Colaptes rupicola d'Orbigny, 1840 | 164 |
| Campo flicker | Colaptes campestris (Vieillot, 1818) | 165 |
| Cinnamon woodpecker | Celeus loricatus (Reichenbach, 1854) | 165 |
| Waved woodpecker | Celeus undatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 167 |
| Chestnut-colored woodpecker | Celeus castaneus (Wagler, 1829) | 168 |
| Chestnut woodpecker | Celeus elegans (Müller, PLS, 1776) | 169 |
| Pale-crested woodpecker | Celeus lugubris (Malherbe, 1851) | 170 |
| Blond-crested woodpecker | Celeus flavescens (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 171 |
| Ochre-backed woodpecker | Celeus ochraceus (Spix, 1824) | 121 |
| Cream-colored woodpecker | Celeus flavus (Müller, PLS, 1776) | 173 |
| Rufous-headed woodpecker | Celeus spectabilis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880 | 174 |
| Kaempfer's woodpecker | Celeus obrieni Short, 1973 | 175 |
| Ringed woodpecker | Celeus torquatus (Boddaert, 1783) | 176 |
| Helmeted woodpecker | Celeus galeatus (Temminck, 1822) | 177 |
| Black-bodied woodpecker | Dryocopus schulzii (Cabanis, 1882) | 178 |
| Lineated woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 179 |
| Pileated woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 180 |
| White-bellied woodpecker | Dryocopus javensis (Horsfield, 1821) | 181 |
| Andaman woodpecker | Dryocopus hodgei (Blyth, 1860) | 182 |
| Black woodpecker | Dryocopus martius (Linnaeus, 1758) | 183 |
| Powerful woodpecker | Campephilus pollens (Bonaparte, 1845) | 184 |
| Splendid woodpecker | Campephilus splendens Hargitt, 1889 | 185 |
| Crimson-bellied woodpecker | Campephilus haematogaster (Tschudi, 1844) | 186 |
| Red-necked woodpecker | Campephilus rubricollis (Boddaert, 1783) | 187 |
| Robust woodpecker | Campephilus robustus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1818) | 188 |
| Crimson-crested woodpecker | Campephilus melanoleucos (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 189 |
| Pale-billed woodpecker | Campephilus guatemalensis (Hartlaub, 1844) | 190 |
| Guayaquil woodpecker | Campephilus gayaquilensis (Lesson, RP, 1845) | 191 |
| Cream-backed woodpecker | Campephilus leucopogon (Valenciennes, 1826) | 192 |
| Magellanic woodpecker | Campephilus magellanicus (King, PP, 1827) | 193 |
| Ivory-billed woodpecker | Campephilus principalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 194 |
| Imperial woodpecker | Campephilus imperialis (Gould, 1832) | 195 |
| Banded woodpecker | Chrysophlegma miniaceum (Pennant, 1769) | 196 |
| Checker-throated woodpecker | Chrysophlegma mentale (Temminck, 1826) | 197 |
| Greater yellownape | Chrysophlegma flavinucha (Gould, 1834) | 198 |
| Lesser yellownape | Picus chlorolophus Vieillot, 1818 | 199 |
| Crimson-winged woodpecker | Picus puniceus Horsfield, 1821 | 200 |
| Streak-breasted woodpecker | Picus viridanus Blyth, 1843 | 201 |
| Laced woodpecker | Picus vittatus Vieillot, 1818 | 202 |
| Streak-throated woodpecker | Picus xanthopygaeus (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847) | 203 |
| Scaly-bellied woodpecker | Picus squamatus Vigors, 1831 | 204 |
| Japanese green woodpecker | Picus awokera Temminck, 1836 | 205 |
| European green woodpecker | Picus viridis Linnaeus, 1758 | 206 |
| Iberian green woodpecker | Picus sharpei (Saunders, H, 1872) | 207 |
| Levaillant's woodpecker | Picus vaillantii (Malherbe, 1847) | 208 |
| Red-collared woodpecker | Picus rabieri (Oustalet, 1898) | 209 |
| Black-headed woodpecker | Picus erythropygius (Elliot, DG, 1865) | 210 |
| Grey-headed woodpecker | Picus canus Gmelin, JF, 1788 | 211 |
| Sumatran woodpecker | Picus dedemi (van Oort, 1911) | 212 |
| Himalayan flameback | Dinopium shorii (Vigors, 1831) | 213 |
| Common flameback | Dinopium javanense (Ljungh, 1797) | 214 |
| Spot-throated flameback | Dinopium everetti (Tweeddale, 1878) | 215 |
| Black-rumped flameback | Dinopium benghalense (Linnaeus, 1758) | 216 |
| Red-backed flameback | Dinopium psarodes (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793) | 217 |
| Orange-backed woodpecker | Chrysocolaptes validus (Temminck, 1825) | 218 |
| Buff-spotted flameback | Chrysocolaptes lucidus (Scopoli, 1786) | 219 |
| Luzon flameback | Chrysocolaptes haematribon (Wagler, 1827) | 220 |
| Yellow-faced flameback | Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus Walden & Layard, EL, 1872 | 221 |
| Red-headed flameback | Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus Sharpe, 1877 | 222 |
| Javan flameback | Chrysocolaptes strictus (Horsfield, 1821) | 223 |
| Greater flameback | Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus (Tickell, 1833) | 224 |
| Malabar flameback | Chrysocolaptes socialis Koelz, 1939 | 225 |
| Crimson-backed flameback | Chrysocolaptes stricklandi (Layard, EL, 1854) | 226 |
| White-naped woodpecker | Chrysocolaptes festivus (Boddaert, 1783) | 227 |
| Pale-headed woodpecker | Gecinulus grantia (Horsfield, 1840) | 228 |
| Bamboo woodpecker | Gecinulus viridis Blyth, 1862 | 229 |
| Olive-backed woodpecker | Gecinulus rafflesii (Vigors, 1830) | 230 |
| Maroon woodpecker | Blythipicus rubiginosus (Swainson, 1837) | 231 |
| Bay woodpecker | Blythipicus pyrrhotis (Hodgson, 1837) | 232 |
| Rufous woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus (Vieillot, 1818) | 233 |
| Buff-rumped woodpecker | Meiglyptes grammithorax (Malherbe, 1862) | 234 |
| Zebra woodpecker | Meiglyptes tristis (Horsfield, 1821) | 235 |
| Black-and-buff woodpecker | Meiglyptes jugularis (Blyth, 1845) | 236 |
| Buff-necked woodpecker | Meiglyptes tukki (Lesson, RP, 1839) | 237 |
| Ashy woodpecker | Mulleripicus fulvus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | 238 |
| Northern sooty woodpecker | Mulleripicus funebris (Valenciennes, 1826) | 239 |
| Southern sooty woodpecker | Mulleripicus fuliginosus Tweeddale, 1877 | 240 |
| Great slaty woodpecker | Mulleripicus pulverulentus (Temminck, 1826) | 241 |
References
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- Clements, J. F., P.C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved October 28, 2023
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