A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Picidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Crimson-bellied WoodpeckerCampephilus haematogaster (Tschudi, 1844) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Magellanic WoodpeckerCampephilus magellanicus (P. P. King, 1827) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Robust WoodpeckerCampephilus robustus (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1818) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-necked WoodpeckerCampephilus rubricollis (Boddaert, 1783) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bennett's WoodpeckerCampethera bennettii (A. Smith, 1836) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Green WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa (Valenciennes, 1826) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera (Wagler, 1827) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Speckle-throated WoodpeckerCampethera scriptoricauda (Reichenow, 1896) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-colored WoodpeckerCeleus castaneus (Wagler, 1829) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut WoodpeckerCeleus elegans (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blond-crested WoodpeckerCeleus flavescens (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cream-colored WoodpeckerCeleus flavus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helmeted WoodpeckerCeleus galeatus (Temminck, 1822) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaly-breasted WoodpeckerCeleus grammicus (Natterer & Malherbe, 1845) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnamon WoodpeckerCeleus loricatus (Reichenbach, 1854) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-crested WoodpeckerCeleus lugubris (Malherbe, 1851) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ochre-backed WoodpeckerCeleus ochraceus (von Spix, 1824) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-headed WoodpeckerCeleus spectabilis P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1880 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fire-bellied WoodpeckerChloropicus pyrrhogaster (Malherbe, 1845) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-headed FlamebackChrysocolaptes erythrocephalus Sharpe, 1877 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-naped WoodpeckerChrysocolaptes festivus (Boddaert, 1783) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater FlamebackChrysocolaptes guttacristatus (Tickell, 1833) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Luzon FlamebackChrysocolaptes haematribon (Wagler, 1827) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-spotted FlamebackChrysocolaptes lucidus (Scopoli, 1786) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crimson-backed FlamebackChrysocolaptes stricklandi (E. L. Layard, 1854) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan FlamebackChrysocolaptes strictus (Horsfield, 1821) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater YellownapeChrysophlegma flavinucha (Gould, 1834) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banded WoodpeckerChrysophlegma miniaceum (Pennant, 1769) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bronze-winged WoodpeckerColaptes aeruginosus (Malherbe, 1862) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-necked WoodpeckerColaptes atricollis (Malherbe, 1850) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern FlickerColaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoides (Malherbe, 1852) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochloros (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean FlickerColaptes pitius (Molina, 1782) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus (Swainson, 1820) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean FlickerColaptes rupicola d'Orbigny, 1840 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Freckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos analis (Bonaparte, 1850) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sind WoodpeckerDendrocopos assimilis (Blyth, 1849) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stripe-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos atratus (Blyth, 1849) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Darjeeling WoodpeckerDendrocopos darjellensis (Blyth, 1845) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan WoodpeckerDendrocopos himalayensis (Jardine & Selby, 1831) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-bellied WoodpeckerDendrocopos hyperythrus (Vigors, 1831) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-winged WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucopterus (Salvadori, 1871) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fulvous-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos macei (Vieillot, 1818) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Okinawa WoodpeckerDendrocopos noguchii (Seebohm, 1887) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-fronted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes auriceps (Vigors, 1831) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arabian WoodpeckerDendrocoptes dorae (Bates & Kinnear, 1935) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius (Linnaeus, 1758) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Abyssinian WoodpeckerDendropicos abyssinicus (Stanley, 1814) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.