List of woodpecker species

The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 236 species of woodpeckers which make up the family Picidae. They are distributed among 36 genera, six of which have only one species.[1] The family's taxonomy is still unsettled; the Clements taxonomy lists 231 species[2] and Handbook of the Birds of the World lists 255[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
Black-dotted piculet	Picumnus nigropunctatus	8
Ecuadorian piculet	Picumnus sclateri	9
Scaled piculet	Picumnus squamulatus	10
White-bellied piculet	Picumnus spilogaster	11
Arrowhead piculet	Picumnus minutissimus	12
Spotted piculet	Picumnus pygmaeus	13
Speckle-chested piculet	Picumnus steindachneri	14
Varzea piculet	Picumnus varzeae	15
White-barred piculet	Picumnus cirratus	16
Ocellated piculet	Picumnus dorbignyanus	17
Ochre-collared piculet	Picumnus temminckii	18
White-wedged piculet	Picumnus albosquamatus	19
Rusty-necked piculet	Picumnus fuscus	20
Rufous-breasted piculet	Picumnus rufiventris	21
Ochraceous piculet	Picumnus limae	22
Mottled piculet	Picumnus nebulosus	23
Plain-breasted piculet	Picumnus castelnau	24
Fine-barred piculet	Picumnus subtilis	25
Olivaceous piculet	Picumnus olivaceus	26
Greyish piculet	Picumnus granadensis	27
Chestnut piculet	Picumnus cinnamomeus	28
African piculet	Sasia africana	29
Rufous piculet	Sasia abnormis	30
White-browed piculet	Sasia ochracea	31
Antillean piculet	Nesoctites micromegas	32
Grey-and-buff woodpecker	Hemicircus concretus	33
Heart-spotted woodpecker	Hemicircus canente	34
White woodpecker	Melanerpes candidus	35
Lewis's woodpecker	Melanerpes lewis	36
Guadeloupe woodpecker	Melanerpes herminieri	37
Puerto Rican woodpecker	Melanerpes portoricensis	38
Red-headed woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus	39
Acorn woodpecker	Melanerpes formicivorus	40
Yellow-tufted woodpecker	Melanerpes cruentatus	41
Yellow-fronted woodpecker	Melanerpes flavifrons	42
Golden-naped woodpecker	Melanerpes chrysauchen	43
Beautiful woodpecker	Melanerpes pulcher	44
Black-cheeked woodpecker	Melanerpes pucherani	45
White-fronted woodpecker	Melanerpes cactorum	46
Hispaniolan woodpecker	Melanerpes striatus	47
Jamaican woodpecker	Melanerpes radiolatus	48
Golden-cheeked woodpecker	Melanerpes chrysogenys	49
Grey-breasted woodpecker	Melanerpes hypopolius	50
Yucatan woodpecker	Melanerpes pygmaeus	51
Red-crowned woodpecker	Melanerpes rubricapillus	52
Gila woodpecker	Melanerpes uropygialis	53
Hoffmann's woodpecker	Melanerpes hoffmannii	54
Golden-fronted woodpecker	Melanerpes aurifrons	55
Velasquez's woodpecker	Melanerpes santacruzi	56
Red-bellied woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	57
West Indian woodpecker	Melanerpes superciliaris	58
Williamson's sapsucker	Sphyrapicus thyroideus	59
Yellow-bellied sapsucker	Sphyrapicus varius	60
Red-naped sapsucker	Sphyrapicus nuchalis	61
Red-breasted sapsucker	Sphyrapicus ruber	62
Cuban green woodpecker	Xiphidiopicus percussus	63
Buff-spotted woodpecker	Pardipicus nivosus	64
Brown-eared woodpecker	Pardipicus caroli	65
Ground woodpecker	Geocolaptes olivaceus	66
Fine-spotted woodpecker	Campethera punctuligera	67
Bennett's woodpecker	Campethera bennettii	68
Speckle-throated woodpecker	Campethera scriptoricauda	69
Nubian woodpecker	Campethera nubica	70
Golden-tailed woodpecker	Campethera abingoni	71
Mombasa woodpecker	Campethera mombassica	72
Knysna woodpecker	Campethera notata	73
Green-backed woodpecker	Campethera cailliautii	74
Little green woodpecker	Campethera maculosa	75
Tullberg's woodpecker	Campethera tullbergi	76
Fine-banded woodpecker	Campethera taeniolaema	77
Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus temminckii	78
Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus nanus	79
Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus canicapillus	80
Philippine pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus maculatus	81
Sulu pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus ramsayi	82
Sunda pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus moluccensis	83
Japanese pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus kizuki	84
Eurasian three-toed woodpecker	Picoides tridactylus	85
American three-toed woodpecker	Picoides dorsalis	86
Black-backed woodpecker	Picoides arcticus	87
Arabian woodpecker	Dendrocoptes dorae	88
Brown-fronted woodpecker	Dendrocoptes auriceps	89
Middle spotted woodpecker	Dendrocoptes medius	90
Yellow-crowned woodpecker	Leiopicus mahrattensis	91
Bearded woodpecker	Chloropicus namaquus	92
Yellow-crested woodpecker	Chloropicus xantholophus	93
Fire-bellied woodpecker	Chloropicus pyrrhogaster	94
Little grey woodpecker	Dendropicos elachus	95
Speckle-breasted woodpecker	Dendropicos poecilolaemus	96
Abyssinian woodpecker	Dendropicos abyssinicus	97
Cardinal woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens	98
Gabon woodpecker	Dendropicos gabonensis	99
Melancholy woodpecker	Dendropicos lugubris	100
Stierling's woodpecker	Dendropicos stierlingi	101
Elliot's woodpecker	Dendropicos elliotii	102
African grey woodpecker	Dendropicos goertae	103
Eastern grey woodpecker	Dendropicos spodocephalus	104
Olive woodpecker	Dendropicos griseocephalus	105
Brown-backed woodpecker	Dendropicos obsoletus	106
Nuttall's woodpecker	Dryobates nuttallii	107
Ladder-backed woodpecker	Dryobates scalaris	108
Downy woodpecker	Dryobates pubescens	109
Crimson-breasted woodpecker	Dryobates cathpharius	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
Grey-crowned woodpecker	Colaptes auricularis	152
Bronze-winged woodpecker	Colaptes aeruginosus	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
Scaly-breasted woodpecker	Celeus grammicus	167
Chestnut-colored woodpecker	Celeus castaneus	168
Chestnut woodpecker	Celeus elegans	169
Pale-crested woodpecker	Celeus lugubris	170
Blond-crested woodpecker	Celeus flavescens	171
Ochre-backed woodpecker	Celeus ochraceus	172
Cream-colored woodpecker	Celeus flavus	173
Rufous-headed woodpecker	Celeus spectabilis	174
Kaempfer's woodpecker	Celeus obrieni	175
Ringed woodpecker	Celeus torquatus	176
Helmeted woodpecker	Celeus galeatus	177
Black-bodied woodpecker	Dryocopus schulzii	178
Lineated woodpecker	Dryocopus lineatus	179
Pileated woodpecker	Dryocopus pileatus	180
White-bellied woodpecker	Dryocopus javensis	181
Andaman woodpecker	Dryocopus hodgei	182
Black woodpecker	Dryocopus martius	183
Powerful woodpecker	Campephilus pollens	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
Himalayan flameback	Dinopium shorii	211
Common flameback	Dinopium javanense	212
Spot-throated flameback	Dinopium everetti	213
Black-rumped flameback	Dinopium benghalense	214
Red-backed flameback	Dinopium psarodes	215
Buff-spotted flameback	Chrysocolaptes lucidus	216
Luzon flameback	Chrysocolaptes haematribon	217
Yellow-faced flameback	Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus	218
Red-headed flameback	Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus	219
Javan flameback	Chrysocolaptes strictus	220
Greater flameback	Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus	221
Crimson-backed flameback	Chrysocolaptes stricklandi	222
White-naped woodpecker	Chrysocolaptes festivus	223
Pale-headed woodpecker	Gecinulus grantia	224
Bamboo woodpecker	Gecinulus viridis	225
Olive-backed woodpecker	Gecinulus rafflesii	226
Maroon woodpecker	Blythipicus rubiginosus	227
Bay woodpecker	Blythipicus pyrrhotis	228
Orange-backed woodpecker	Reinwardtipicus validus	229
Rufous woodpecker	Micropternus brachyurus	230
Buff-rumped woodpecker	Meiglyptes tristis	231
Black-and-buff woodpecker	Meiglyptes jugularis	232
Buff-necked woodpecker	Meiglyptes tukki	233
Ashy woodpecker	Mulleripicus fulvus	234
Sooty woodpecker	Mulleripicus funebris	235
Great slaty woodpecker	Mulleripicus pulverulentus	236

References

1. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2020). "IOC World Bird List (v 10.2)". Retrieved July 15, 2020.
2. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved August 14, 2018
3. HBW and BirdLife International (2018) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 3. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v3_Nov18.zip accessed April 25, 2019