List of woodpeckers

The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 240 species of woodpeckers which make up the family Picidae. They are distributed among 37 genera, seven of which have only one species. One species, the Bermuda flicker, is extinct.[1] The family's taxonomy is unsettled; the Clements taxonomy lists 233 species[2] and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World lists 254[3].

A male great spotted woodpecker

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
Ecuadorian piculet	Picumnus sclateri	8
Scaled piculet	Picumnus squamulatus	9
White-bellied piculet	Picumnus spilogaster	10
Arrowhead piculet	Picumnus minutissimus	11
Spotted piculet	Picumnus pygmaeus	12
Speckle-chested piculet	Picumnus steindachneri	13
Varzea piculet	Picumnus varzeae	14
White-barred piculet	Picumnus cirratus	15
Ocellated piculet	Picumnus dorbignyanus	16
Ochre-collared piculet	Picumnus temminckii	17
White-wedged piculet	Picumnus albosquamatus	18
Rusty-necked piculet	Picumnus fuscus	19
Rufous-breasted piculet	Picumnus rufiventris	20
Ochraceous piculet	Picumnus limae	21
Mottled piculet	Picumnus nebulosus	22
Plain-breasted piculet	Picumnus castelnau	23
Fine-barred piculet	Picumnus subtilis	24
Olivaceous piculet	Picumnus olivaceus	25
Greyish piculet	Picumnus granadensis	26
Chestnut piculet	Picumnus cinnamomeus	27
African piculet	Verreauxia africana	28
Rufous piculet	Sasia abnormis	29
White-browed piculet	Sasia ochracea	30
Antillean piculet	Nesoctites micromegas	31
Grey-and-buff woodpecker	Hemicircus concretus	32
Heart-spotted woodpecker	Hemicircus canente	33
White woodpecker	Melanerpes candidus	34
Lewis's woodpecker	Melanerpes lewis	35
Guadeloupe woodpecker	Melanerpes herminieri	36
Puerto Rican woodpecker	Melanerpes portoricensis	37
Red-headed woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus	38
Acorn woodpecker	Melanerpes formicivorus	39
Yellow-tufted woodpecker	Melanerpes cruentatus	40
Yellow-fronted woodpecker	Melanerpes flavifrons	41
Golden-naped woodpecker	Melanerpes chrysauchen	42
Beautiful woodpecker	Melanerpes pulcher	43
Black-cheeked woodpecker	Melanerpes pucherani	44
White-fronted woodpecker	Melanerpes cactorum	45
Hispaniolan woodpecker	Melanerpes striatus	46
Jamaican woodpecker	Melanerpes radiolatus	47
Golden-cheeked woodpecker	Melanerpes chrysogenys	48
Grey-breasted woodpecker	Melanerpes hypopolius	49
Yucatan woodpecker	Melanerpes pygmaeus	50
Red-crowned woodpecker	Melanerpes rubricapillus	51
Gila woodpecker	Melanerpes uropygialis	52
Hoffmann's woodpecker	Melanerpes hoffmannii	53
Golden-fronted woodpecker	Melanerpes aurifrons	54
Velasquez's woodpecker	Melanerpes santacruzi	55
Red-bellied woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	56
West Indian woodpecker	Melanerpes superciliaris	57
Williamson's sapsucker	Sphyrapicus thyroideus	58
Yellow-bellied sapsucker	Sphyrapicus varius	59
Red-naped sapsucker	Sphyrapicus nuchalis	60
Red-breasted sapsucker	Sphyrapicus ruber	61
Cuban green woodpecker	Xiphidiopicus percussus	62
Buff-spotted woodpecker	Pardipicus nivosus	63
Brown-eared woodpecker	Pardipicus caroli	64
Ground woodpecker	Geocolaptes olivaceus	65
Fine-spotted woodpecker	Campethera punctuligera	66
Bennett's woodpecker	Campethera bennettii	67
Speckle-throated woodpecker	Campethera scriptoricauda	68
Nubian woodpecker	Campethera nubica	69
Golden-tailed woodpecker	Campethera abingoni	70
Mombasa woodpecker	Campethera mombassica	71
Knysna woodpecker	Campethera notata	72
Little green woodpecker	Campethera maculosa	73
Little spotted woodpecker	Campethera cailliautii	74
Tullberg's woodpecker	Campethera tullbergi	75
Fine-banded woodpecker	Campethera taeniolaema	76
Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus temminckii	77
Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus nanus	78
Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus canicapillus	79
Philippine pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus maculatus	80
Sulu pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus ramsayi	81
Sunda pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus moluccensis	82
Japanese pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus kizuki	83
Eurasian three-toed woodpecker	Picoides tridactylus	84
American three-toed woodpecker	Picoides dorsalis	85
Black-backed woodpecker	Picoides arcticus	86
Arabian woodpecker	Dendrocoptes dorae	87
Brown-fronted woodpecker	Dendrocoptes auriceps	88
Middle spotted woodpecker	Dendrocoptes medius	89
Yellow-crowned woodpecker	Leiopicus mahrattensis	90
Bearded woodpecker	Chloropicus namaquus	91
Yellow-crested woodpecker	Chloropicus xantholophus	92
Fire-bellied woodpecker	Chloropicus pyrrhogaster	93
Little grey woodpecker	Dendropicos elachus	94
Speckle-breasted woodpecker	Dendropicos poecilolaemus	95
Abyssinian woodpecker	Dendropicos abyssinicus	96
Cardinal woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens	97
Gabon woodpecker	Dendropicos gabonensis	98
Melancholy woodpecker	Dendropicos lugubris	99
Stierling's woodpecker	Dendropicos stierlingi	100
Elliot's woodpecker	Dendropicos elliotii	101
African grey woodpecker	Dendropicos goertae	102
Eastern grey woodpecker	Dendropicos spodocephalus	103
Olive woodpecker	Dendropicos griseocephalus	104
Brown-backed woodpecker	Dendropicos obsoletus	105
Nuttall's woodpecker	Dryobates nuttallii	106
Ladder-backed woodpecker	Dryobates scalaris	107
Downy woodpecker	Dryobates pubescens	108
Crimson-naped woodpecker	Dryobates cathpharius	109
Necklaced woodpecker	Dryobates pernyii	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
Bronze-winged woodpecker	Colaptes aeruginosus	152
Grey-crowned woodpecker	Colaptes auricularis	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
Chestnut-colored woodpecker	Celeus castaneus	167
Chestnut woodpecker	Celeus elegans	168
Pale-crested woodpecker	Celeus lugubris	169
Blond-crested woodpecker	Celeus flavescens	170
Ochre-backed woodpecker	Celeus ochraceus	171
Cream-colored woodpecker	Celeus flavus	172
Rufous-headed woodpecker	Celeus spectabilis	173
Kaempfer's woodpecker	Celeus obrieni	174
Ringed woodpecker	Celeus torquatus	175
Helmeted woodpecker	Celeus galeatus	176
Black-bodied woodpecker	Dryocopus schulzii	177
Lineated woodpecker	Dryocopus lineatus	178
Pileated woodpecker	Dryocopus pileatus	179
White-bellied woodpecker	Dryocopus javensis	180
Andaman woodpecker	Dryocopus hodgei	181
Black woodpecker	Dryocopus martius	182
Powerful woodpecker	Campephilus pollens	183
Splendid woodpecker	Campephilus splendens	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
Sumatran woodpecker	Picus dedemi	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
Orange-backed woodpecker	Reinwardtipicus validus	217
Buff-spotted flameback	Chrysocolaptes lucidus	218
Luzon flameback	Chrysocolaptes haematribon	219
Yellow-faced flameback	Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus	220
Red-headed flameback	Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus	221
Javan flameback	Chrysocolaptes strictus	222
Greater flameback	Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus	223
Malabar flameback	Chrysocolaptes socialis	224
Crimson-backed flameback	Chrysocolaptes stricklandi	225
White-naped woodpecker	Chrysocolaptes festivus	226
Pale-headed woodpecker	Gecinulus grantia	227
Bamboo woodpecker	Gecinulus viridis	228
Olive-backed woodpecker	Gecinulus rafflesii	229
Maroon woodpecker	Blythipicus rubiginosus	230
Bay woodpecker	Blythipicus pyrrhotis	231
Rufous woodpecker	Micropternus brachyurus	232
Buff-rumped woodpecker	Meiglyptes grammithorax	233
Zebra woodpecker	Meiglyptes tristis	234
Black-and-buff woodpecker	Meiglyptes jugularis	235
Buff-necked woodpecker	Meiglyptes tukki	236
Ashy woodpecker	Mulleripicus fulvus	237
Northern sooty woodpecker	Mulleripicus funebris	238
Southern sooty woodpecker	Mulleripicus fuliginosus	239
Great slaty woodpecker	Mulleripicus pulverulentus	240

References

Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2023). "Woodpeckers". IOC World Bird List. v 13.2. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved November 10, 2022
HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip retrieved December 13, 2022

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[IOC13.2-1] Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2023). "Woodpeckers". IOC World Bird List. v 13.2. Retrieved July 31, 2023.

[Clements2022-2] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved November 10, 2022

[HBW7-3] HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip retrieved December 13, 2022