The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 241 species of woodpeckers which make up the family Picidae. They are distributed among 36 genera, six of which have only one species. One species, the Bermuda flicker, is extinct.[1] The family's taxonomy is unsettled; the Clements taxonomy lists 235 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 + authority IOC sequence
Eurasian wryneck Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758 1
Red-throated wryneck Jynx ruficollis Wagler, 1830 2
Speckled piculet Picumnus innominatus Burton, E, 1836 3
Bar-breasted piculet Picumnus aurifrons Pelzeln, 1870 4
Lafresnaye's piculet Picumnus lafresnayi Malherbe, 1862 5
Orinoco piculet Picumnus pumilus Cabanis & Heine, 1863 6
Golden-spangled piculet Picumnus exilis (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) 7
Ecuadorian piculet Picumnus sclateri Taczanowski, 1877 8
Scaled piculet Picumnus squamulatus Lafresnaye, 1854 9
White-bellied piculet Picumnus spilogaster Sundevall, 1866 10
Arrowhead piculet Picumnus minutissimus (Pallas, 1782) 11
Spotted piculet Picumnus pygmaeus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) 12
Speckle-chested piculet Picumnus steindachneri Taczanowski, 1882 13
Varzea piculet Picumnus varzeae Snethlage, E, 1912 14
White-barred piculet Picumnus cirratus Temminck, 1825 15
Ocellated piculet Picumnus dorbignyanus Lafresnaye, 1845 16
Ochre-collared piculet Picumnus temminckii Lafresnaye, 1845 17
White-wedged piculet Picumnus albosquamatus d'Orbigny, 1840 18
Rusty-necked piculet Picumnus fuscus Pelzeln, 1870 19
Rufous-breasted piculet Picumnus rufiventris (Bonaparte, 1838) 20
Ochraceous piculet Picumnus limae Snethlage, E, 1924 21
Mottled piculet Picumnus nebulosus Sundevall, 1866 22
Plain-breasted piculet Picumnus castelnau Malherbe, 1862 23
Fine-barred piculet Picumnus subtilis Stager, 1968 24
Olivaceous piculet Picumnus olivaceus Lafresnaye, 1845 25
Greyish piculet Picumnus granadensis Lafresnaye, 1847 26
Chestnut piculet Picumnus cinnamomeus Wagler, 1829 27
African piculet Verreauxia africana (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855) 28
Rufous piculet Sasia abnormis (Temminck, 1825) 29
White-browed piculet Sasia ochracea Hodgson, 1837 30
Antillean piculet Nesoctites micromegas (Sundevall, 1866) 31
Grey-and-buff woodpecker Hemicircus concretus (Temminck, 1821) 32
Heart-spotted woodpecker Hemicircus canente (Lesson, RP, 1832) 33
White woodpecker Melanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796) 34
Lewis's woodpecker Melanerpes lewis (Gray, GR, 1849) 35
Guadeloupe woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri (Lesson, RP, 1830) 36
Puerto Rican woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803) 37
Red-headed woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) 38
Acorn woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827) 39
Yellow-tufted woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783) 40
Yellow-fronted woodpecker Melanerpes flavifrons (Vieillot, 1818) 41
Golden-naped woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 1870 42
Beautiful woodpecker Melanerpes pulcher Sclater, PL, 1870 43
Black-cheeked woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849) 44
White-fronted woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum (d'Orbigny, 1840) 45
Hispaniolan woodpecker Melanerpes striatus (Müller, PLS, 1776) 46
Jamaican woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus (Wagler, 1827) 47
Golden-cheeked woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys (Vigors, 1839) 48
Grey-breasted woodpecker Melanerpes hypopolius (Wagler, 1829) 49
Yucatan woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885) 50
Red-crowned woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862) 51
Gila woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis (Baird, SF, 1854) 52
Hoffmann's woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) 53
Golden-fronted woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829) 54
Velasquez's woodpecker Melanerpes santacruzi (Bonaparte, 1838) 55
Red-bellied woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) 56
West Indian woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827) 57
Williamson's sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cassin, 1852) 58
Yellow-bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766) 59
Red-naped sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis Baird, SF, 1858 60
Red-breasted sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 61
Cuban green woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus (Temminck, 1826) 62
Buff-spotted woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus (Swainson, 1837) 63
Brown-eared woodpecker Pardipicus caroli (Malherbe, 1852) 64
Ground woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 65
Fine-spotted woodpecker Campethera punctuligera (Wagler, 1827) 66
Bennett's woodpecker Campethera bennettii (Smith, A, 1836) 67
Speckle-throated woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda (Reichenow, 1896) 68
Nubian woodpecker Campethera nubica (Boddaert, 1783) 69
Golden-tailed woodpecker Campethera abingoni (Smith, A, 1836) 70
Mombasa woodpecker Campethera mombassica (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) 71
Knysna woodpecker Campethera notata (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) 72
Little green woodpecker Campethera maculosa (Valenciennes, 1826) 73
Little spotted woodpecker Campethera cailliautii (Malherbe, 1849) 74
Tullberg's woodpecker Campethera tullbergi Sjöstedt, 1892 75
Fine-banded woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 76
Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus temminckii (Malherbe, 1849) 77
Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus nanus (Vigors, 1832) 78
Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus (Blyth, 1845) 79
Philippine pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus maculatus (Scopoli, 1786) 80
Sulu pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus ramsayi Hargitt, 1881 81
Sunda pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 82
Japanese pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki (Temminck, 1836) 83
Eurasian three-toed woodpecker Picoides tridactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) 84
American three-toed woodpecker Picoides dorsalis Baird, SF, 1858 85
Black-backed woodpecker Picoides arcticus (Swainson, 1832) 86
Arabian woodpecker Dendrocoptes dorae (Bates, GL & Kinnear, 1935) 87
Brown-fronted woodpecker Dendrocoptes auriceps (Vigors, 1831) 88
Middle spotted woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius (Linnaeus, 1758) 89
Yellow-crowned woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis (Latham, 1801) 90
Bearded woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793) 91
Yellow-crested woodpecker Chloropicus xantholophus Hargitt, 1883 92
Fire-bellied woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster (Malherbe, 1845) 93
Little grey woodpecker Dendropicos elachus Oberholser, 1919 94
Speckle-breasted woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus Reichenow, 1893 95
Abyssinian woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus (Stanley, 1814) 96
Cardinal woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens (Vieillot, 1818) 97
Gabon woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1851) 98
Melancholy woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris Hartlaub, 1857 99
Stierling's woodpecker Dendropicos stierlingi Reichenow, 1901 100
Elliot's woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii (Cassin, 1863) 101
African grey woodpecker Dendropicos goertae (Müller, PLS, 1776) 102
Eastern grey woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus (Bonaparte, 1850) 103
Olive woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus (Boddaert, 1783) 104
Brown-backed woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus (Wagler, 1829) 105
Nuttall's woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii (Gambel, 1843) 106
Ladder-backed woodpecker Dryobates scalaris (Wagler, 1829) 107
Downy woodpecker Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) 108
Crimson-naped woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius (Blyth, 1843) 109
Necklaced woodpecker Dryobates pernyii (Verreaux, J, 1867) 110
Lesser spotted woodpecker Dryobates minor (Linnaeus, 1758) 111
Little woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus (Linnaeus, 1766) 112
Dot-fronted woodpecker Veniliornis frontalis (Cabanis, 1883) 113
White-spotted woodpecker Veniliornis spilogaster (Wagler, 1827) 114
Checkered woodpecker Veniliornis mixtus (Boddaert, 1783) 115
Striped woodpecker Veniliornis lignarius (Molina, 1782) 116
Scarlet-backed woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus (Waterhouse, 1841) 117
Yellow-vented woodpecker Veniliornis dignus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1877) 118
Bar-bellied woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps (d'Orbigny, 1840) 119
Blood-colored woodpecker Veniliornis sanguineus (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793) 120
Red-rumped woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii (Malherbe, 1845) 121
Red-stained woodpecker Veniliornis affinis (Swainson, 1821) 122
Choco woodpecker Veniliornis chocoensis Todd, 1919 123
Golden-collared woodpecker Veniliornis cassini (Malherbe, 1862) 124
Yellow-eared woodpecker Veniliornis maculifrons (Spix, 1824) 125
Red-cockaded woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis (Vieillot, 1809) 126
Smoky-brown woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus (d'Orbigny, 1840) 127
Arizona woodpecker Leuconotopicus arizonae (Hargitt, 1886) 128
Strickland's woodpecker Leuconotopicus stricklandi (Malherbe, 1845) 129
Hairy woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus (Linnaeus, 1766) 130
White-headed woodpecker Leuconotopicus albolarvatus (Cassin, 1850) 131
Rufous-bellied woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus (Vigors, 1831) 132
Fulvous-breasted woodpecker Dendrocopos macei (Vieillot, 1818) 133
Freckle-breasted woodpecker Dendrocopos analis (Bonaparte, 1850) 134
Stripe-breasted woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus (Blyth, 1849) 135
Darjeeling woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis (Blyth, 1845) 136
Himalayan woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis (Jardine & Selby, 1831) 137
Sind woodpecker Dendrocopos assimilis (Blyth, 1849) 138
Syrian woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) 139
White-winged woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus (Salvadori, 1871) 140
Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) 141
Okinawa woodpecker Dendrocopos noguchii (Seebohm, 1887) 142
White-backed woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos (Bechstein, 1802) 143
Rufous-winged woodpecker Piculus simplex (Salvin, 1870) 144
Stripe-cheeked woodpecker Piculus callopterus (Lawrence, 1862) 145
White-throated woodpecker Piculus leucolaemus (Natterer & Malherbe, 1845) 146
Lita woodpecker Piculus litae (Rothschild, 1901) 147
Yellow-throated woodpecker Piculus flavigula (Boddaert, 1783) 148
Golden-green woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros (Vieillot, 1818) 149
Yellow-browed woodpecker Piculus aurulentus (Temminck, 1821) 150
Golden-olive woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus (Swainson, 1820) 151
Bronze-winged woodpecker Colaptes aeruginosus (Malherbe, 1862) 152
Grey-crowned woodpecker Colaptes auricularis (Salvin & Godman, 1889) 153
Crimson-mantled woodpecker Colaptes rivolii (Boissonneau, 1840) 154
Black-necked woodpecker Colaptes atricollis (Malherbe, 1850) 155
Spot-breasted woodpecker Colaptes punctigula (Boddaert, 1783) 156
Green-barred woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 157
Northern flicker Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) 158
Guatemalan flicker Colaptes mixicanoides Lafresnaye, 1844 159
Gilded flicker Colaptes chrysoides (Malherbe, 1852) 160
Bermuda flicker Colaptes oceanicus Olson, 2013 161
Fernandina's flicker Colaptes fernandinae Vigors, 1827 162
Chilean flicker Colaptes pitius (Molina, 1782) 163
Andean flicker Colaptes rupicola d'Orbigny, 1840 164
Campo flicker Colaptes campestris (Vieillot, 1818) 165
Cinnamon woodpecker Celeus loricatus (Reichenbach, 1854) 165
Waved woodpecker Celeus undatus (Linnaeus, 1766) 167
Chestnut-colored woodpecker Celeus castaneus (Wagler, 1829) 168
Chestnut woodpecker Celeus elegans (Müller, PLS, 1776) 169
Pale-crested woodpecker Celeus lugubris (Malherbe, 1851) 170
Blond-crested woodpecker Celeus flavescens (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 171
Ochre-backed woodpecker Celeus ochraceus (Spix, 1824) 121
Cream-colored woodpecker Celeus flavus (Müller, PLS, 1776) 173
Rufous-headed woodpecker Celeus spectabilis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880 174
Kaempfer's woodpecker Celeus obrieni Short, 1973 175
Ringed woodpecker Celeus torquatus (Boddaert, 1783) 176
Helmeted woodpecker Celeus galeatus (Temminck, 1822) 177
Black-bodied woodpecker Dryocopus schulzii (Cabanis, 1882) 178
Lineated woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1766) 179
Pileated woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 180
White-bellied woodpecker Dryocopus javensis (Horsfield, 1821) 181
Andaman woodpecker Dryocopus hodgei (Blyth, 1860) 182
Black woodpecker Dryocopus martius (Linnaeus, 1758) 183
Powerful woodpecker Campephilus pollens (Bonaparte, 1845) 184
Splendid woodpecker Campephilus splendens Hargitt, 1889 185
Crimson-bellied woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster (Tschudi, 1844) 186
Red-necked woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis (Boddaert, 1783) 187
Robust woodpecker Campephilus robustus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1818) 188
Crimson-crested woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 189
Pale-billed woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis (Hartlaub, 1844) 190
Guayaquil woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis (Lesson, RP, 1845) 191
Cream-backed woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon (Valenciennes, 1826) 192
Magellanic woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus (King, PP, 1827) 193
Ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis (Linnaeus, 1758) 194
Imperial woodpecker Campephilus imperialis (Gould, 1832) 195
Banded woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum (Pennant, 1769) 196
Checker-throated woodpecker Chrysophlegma mentale (Temminck, 1826) 197
Greater yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha (Gould, 1834) 198
Lesser yellownape Picus chlorolophus Vieillot, 1818 199
Crimson-winged woodpecker Picus puniceus Horsfield, 1821 200
Streak-breasted woodpecker Picus viridanus Blyth, 1843 201
Laced woodpecker Picus vittatus Vieillot, 1818 202
Streak-throated woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847) 203
Scaly-bellied woodpecker Picus squamatus Vigors, 1831 204
Japanese green woodpecker Picus awokera Temminck, 1836 205
European green woodpecker Picus viridis Linnaeus, 1758 206
Iberian green woodpecker Picus sharpei (Saunders, H, 1872) 207
Levaillant's woodpecker Picus vaillantii (Malherbe, 1847) 208
Red-collared woodpecker Picus rabieri (Oustalet, 1898) 209
Black-headed woodpecker Picus erythropygius (Elliot, DG, 1865) 210
Grey-headed woodpecker Picus canus Gmelin, JF, 1788 211
Sumatran woodpecker Picus dedemi (van Oort, 1911) 212
Himalayan flameback Dinopium shorii (Vigors, 1831) 213
Common flameback Dinopium javanense (Ljungh, 1797) 214
Spot-throated flameback Dinopium everetti (Tweeddale, 1878) 215
Black-rumped flameback Dinopium benghalense (Linnaeus, 1758) 216
Red-backed flameback Dinopium psarodes (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793) 217
Orange-backed woodpecker Chrysocolaptes validus (Temminck, 1825) 218
Buff-spotted flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus (Scopoli, 1786) 219
Luzon flameback Chrysocolaptes haematribon (Wagler, 1827) 220
Yellow-faced flameback Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus Walden & Layard, EL, 1872 221
Red-headed flameback Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus Sharpe, 1877 222
Javan flameback Chrysocolaptes strictus (Horsfield, 1821) 223
Greater flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus (Tickell, 1833) 224
Malabar flameback Chrysocolaptes socialis Koelz, 1939 225
Crimson-backed flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi (Layard, EL, 1854) 226
White-naped woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus (Boddaert, 1783) 227
Pale-headed woodpecker Gecinulus grantia (Horsfield, 1840) 228
Bamboo woodpecker Gecinulus viridis Blyth, 1862 229
Olive-backed woodpecker Gecinulus rafflesii (Vigors, 1830) 230
Maroon woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus (Swainson, 1837) 231
Bay woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis (Hodgson, 1837) 232
Rufous woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus (Vieillot, 1818) 233
Buff-rumped woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax (Malherbe, 1862) 234
Zebra woodpecker Meiglyptes tristis (Horsfield, 1821) 235
Black-and-buff woodpecker Meiglyptes jugularis (Blyth, 1845) 236
Buff-necked woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki (Lesson, RP, 1839) 237
Ashy woodpecker Mulleripicus fulvus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) 238
Northern sooty woodpecker Mulleripicus funebris (Valenciennes, 1826) 239
Southern sooty woodpecker Mulleripicus fuliginosus Tweeddale, 1877 240
Great slaty woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus (Temminck, 1826) 241

References

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  1. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (August 2024). "Woodpeckers". IOC World Bird List. v 14.2. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  2. ^ Clements, J. F., P.C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved October 28, 2023
  3. ^ HBW and BirdLife International (2023). Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 8. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v8_Dec23.zip retrieved December 28, 2023