The Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the family Picidae. It breeds mainly in the eastern United States and earns its name from the pale reddish blush of its lower underside.
The Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a gorgeous medium-sized woodpecker from North America. These birds are chiefly known for their characteristic behavior. They mostly forage on the trunks and branches of trees and often...
The acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus ) is a medium-sized woodpecker, 21 cm (8.3 in) long, with an average weight of 85 g (3.0 oz).
The Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis ) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the desert regions of the southwestern United States and western Mexico. In the U.S., they range through southeastern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Lewis's woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis ) is a large North American species of woodpecker which ornithologist Alexander Wilson named after Meriwether Lewis, one of the explorers who surveyed the areas bought by the United States of America as part of...
The golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons ) is a North American woodpecker. Its preferred habitat is mesquite, riparian woodlands, and tropical rainforest. It is distributed from Texas and Oklahoma in the United States through Mexico,...
The red-crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus ) is a resident breeding bird from southwestern Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and Tobago.
The Hispaniolan woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus ) is a medium-sized woodpecker endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
The West Indian woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris ) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
The white woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus ) is a South American species of woodpecker (family Picidae) native to the wooded grasslands of Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. It is a bright white bird with black...
The Puerto Rican woodpecker (Melanerpes portoricensis ) is the only woodpecker endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico and is one of the five species of the genus Melanerpes that occur in the Antilles. Furthermore, it is the only resident species...
The Guadeloupe woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri ) or Tapeur is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae belonging to the genus Melanerpes. Endemic to the Guadeloupe archipelago in the Lesser Antilles, it is a medium-sized forest...
The Yucatan woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus ) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is sometimes referred to as the red-vented woodpecker. The Yucatan woodpecker is found in Belize and Mexico, and ranges over the entire Yucatán Peninsula....
Hoffmann's woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii ) is a resident breeding bird from southern Honduras south to Costa Rica. It is a common species on the Pacific slopes, locally as high as 2,150 m (7,050 ft). It is expanding on the Caribbean slope, aided...
The yellow-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons ) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.It is found in Brazil, Paraguay and far northeastern Argentina.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily...
The black-cheeked woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani ) is a resident breeding bird from southeastern Mexico south to western Ecuador.This woodpecker occurs in the higher levels of wet forests, semi-open woodland and old second growth. It nests in an...
The beautiful woodpecker (Melanerpes pulcher ) is a bird species in the woodpecker family (Picidae). It is endemic to Colombia.Until recently, it was united with the golden-naped woodpecker (M. chrysauchen ) of Central America as subspecies. But the...
The yellow-tufted woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus ) is a species of woodpecker. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland...
The Jamaican woodpecker (Melanerpes radiolatus ) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It is known locally simply as "woodpecker." Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily...
The golden-naped woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen ) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species is very closely related to the beautiful woodpecker, which is sometimes treated as the same species. The two species, along with...
Velasquez's woodpecker (Melanerpes santacruzi ) is a species of bird in the family Picidae usually considered conspecific with the golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons ). The IOC has split the species, but many other taxonomists have not,...
The golden-cheeked woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysogenys ) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.It is endemic to Mexico, in the western, and southwestern coastal strip on the Pacific Ocean, and the western bordering regions of mountains of the...
The grey-breasted woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius ) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to the interior of southwestern Mexico.
The white-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum ) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found mainly in Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry...
