THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Little Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus Oberholser, 1919 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elliot's WoodpeckerDendropicos elliotii (Cassin, 1863) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens (Vieillot, 1818) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gabon WoodpeckerDendropicos gabonensis (J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus (Boddaert, 1783) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus (Wagler, 1829) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Speckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendropicos poecilolaemus Reichenow, 1893 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos spodocephalus (Bonaparte, 1850) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stierling's WoodpeckerDendropicos stierlingi Reichenow, 1901 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense (Linnaeus, 1758) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common FlamebackDinopium javanense (Ljungh, 1797) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-backed FlamebackDinopium psarodes (A. A. H. Lichtenstein, 1793) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan FlamebackDinopium shorii (Vigors, 1831) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crimson-breasted WoodpeckerDryobates cathpharius (Blyth, 1843) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii (Gambel, 1843) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andaman WoodpeckerDryocopus hodgei (Blyth, 1860) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied WoodpeckerDryocopus javensis (Horsfield, 1821) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius (Linnaeus, 1758) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bodied WoodpeckerDryocopus schulzii (Cabanis, 1882) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-headed WoodpeckerGecinulus grantia (Horsfield, 1840) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bamboo WoodpeckerGecinulus viridis Blyth, 1862 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ground WoodpeckerGeocolaptes olivaceus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heart-spotted WoodpeckerHemicircus canente (R. Lesson, 1832) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-and-buff WoodpeckerHemicircus concretus (Temminck, 1821) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis Wagler, 1830 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arizona WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus arizonae (Hargitt, 1886) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealis (Vieillot, 1809) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Smoky-brown WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus fumigatus (d'Orbigny, 1840) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus (Linnaeus, 1766) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-and-buff WoodpeckerMeiglyptes jugularis (Blyth, 1845) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-rumped WoodpeckerMeiglyptes tristis (Horsfield, 1821) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-necked WoodpeckerMeiglyptes tukki (R. Lesson, 1839) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cactorum (d'Orbigny, 1840) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White WoodpeckerMelanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-naped WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 1870 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysogenys (Vigors, 1839) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-tufted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes flavifrons (Vieillot, 1818) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guadeloupe WoodpeckerMelanerpes herminieri (R. Lesson, 1830) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-breasted WoodpeckerMelanerpes hypopolius (Wagler, 1829) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lewis' WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis (G. R. Gray, 1849) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Puerto Rican WoodpeckerMelanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803) | 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.