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 |
|---|---|---|
| Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beautiful WoodpeckerMelanerpes pulcher P. L. Sclater, 1870 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yucatan WoodpeckerMelanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jamaican WoodpeckerMelanerpes radiolatus (Wagler, 1827) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Velasquez's WoodpeckerMelanerpes santacruzi (Bonaparte, 1838) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hispaniolan WoodpeckerMelanerpes striatus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ashy WoodpeckerMulleripicus fulvus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sooty WoodpeckerMulleripicus funebris (Valenciennes, 1826) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentus (Temminck, 1826) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Antillean PiculetNesoctites micromegas (Sundevall, 1866) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus (Swainson, 1837) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus (Swainson, 1832) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalis S. F. Baird, 1858 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-browed WoodpeckerPiculus aurulentus (Temminck, 1821) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stripe-cheeked WoodpeckerPiculus callopterus (Lawrence, 1862) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-green WoodpeckerPiculus chrysochloros (Vieillot, 1818) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-throated WoodpeckerPiculus flavigula (Boddaert, 1783) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated WoodpeckerPiculus leucolaemus (Natterer & Malherbe, 1845) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lita WoodpeckerPiculus litae (Rothschild, 1901) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-winged WoodpeckerPiculus simplex (Salvin, 1870) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-wedged PiculetPicumnus albosquamatus d'Orbigny, 1840 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bar-breasted PiculetPicumnus aurifrons Pelzeln, 1870 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plain-breasted PiculetPicumnus castelnau Malherbe, 1862 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut PiculetPicumnus cinnamomeus Wagler, 1829 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ocellated PiculetPicumnus dorbignyanus Lafresnaye, 1845 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-spangled PiculetPicumnus exilis (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greyish PiculetPicumnus granadensis Lafresnaye, 1847 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Speckled PiculetPicumnus innominatus Burton, 1836 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lafresnaye's PiculetPicumnus lafresnayi Malherbe, 1862 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ochraceous PiculetPicumnus limae E. Snethlage, 1924 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arrowhead PiculetPicumnus minutissimus (Pallas, 1782) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mottled PiculetPicumnus nebulosus Sundevall, 1866 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-dotted PiculetPicumnus nigropunctatus J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, 1950 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olivaceous PiculetPicumnus olivaceus Lafresnaye, 1845 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orinoco PiculetPicumnus pumilus Cabanis & Heine, 1863 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted PiculetPicumnus pygmaeus (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-breasted PiculetPicumnus rufiventris (Bonaparte, 1838) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecuadorian PiculetPicumnus sclateri Taczanowski, 1877 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaled PiculetPicumnus squamulatus Lafresnaye, 1854 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Speckle-chested PiculetPicumnus steindachneri Taczanowski, 1882 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fine-barred PiculetPicumnus subtilis Stager, 1968 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ochre-collared PiculetPicumnus temminckii Lafresnaye, 1845 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Varzea PiculetPicumnus varzeae E. Snethlage, 1912 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese Green WoodpeckerPicus awokera Temminck, 1836 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus J. F. Gmelin, 1788 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser YellownapePicus chlorolophus Vieillot, 1818 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed WoodpeckerPicus erythropygius (D. G. Elliot, 1865) | 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.