The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 240 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].

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common nameBinomial name + authorityIOC sequence
Eurasian wryneckJynx torquilla Linnaeus, 17581
Red-throated wryneckJynx ruficollis Wagler, 18302
Speckled piculetPicumnus innominatus Burton, E, 18363
Bar-breasted piculetPicumnus aurifrons Pelzeln, 18704
Lafresnaye's piculetPicumnus lafresnayi Malherbe, 18625
Orinoco piculetPicumnus pumilus Cabanis & Heine, 18636
Golden-spangled piculetPicumnus exilis (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)7
Ecuadorian piculetPicumnus sclateri Taczanowski, 18778
Scaled piculetPicumnus squamulatus Lafresnaye, 18549
White-bellied piculetPicumnus spilogaster Sundevall, 186610
Arrowhead piculetPicumnus minutissimus (Pallas, 1782)11
Spotted piculetPicumnus pygmaeus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)12
Speckle-chested piculetPicumnus steindachneri Taczanowski, 188213
Varzea piculetPicumnus varzeae Snethlage, E, 191214
White-barred piculetPicumnus cirratus Temminck, 182515
Ocellated piculetPicumnus dorbignyanus Lafresnaye, 184516
Ochre-collared piculetPicumnus temminckii Lafresnaye, 184517
White-wedged piculetPicumnus albosquamatus d'Orbigny, 184018
Rusty-necked piculetPicumnus fuscus Pelzeln, 187019
Rufous-breasted piculetPicumnus rufiventris (Bonaparte, 1838)20
Ochraceous piculetPicumnus limae Snethlage, E, 192421
Mottled piculetPicumnus nebulosus Sundevall, 186622
Plain-breasted piculetPicumnus castelnau Malherbe, 186223
Fine-barred piculetPicumnus subtilis Stager, 196824
Olivaceous piculetPicumnus olivaceus Lafresnaye, 184525
Greyish piculetPicumnus granadensis Lafresnaye, 184726
Chestnut piculetPicumnus cinnamomeus Wagler, 182927
African piculetVerreauxia africana (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855)28
Rufous piculetSasia abnormis (Temminck, 1825)29
White-browed piculetSasia ochracea Hodgson, 183730
Antillean piculetNesoctites micromegas (Sundevall, 1866)31
Grey-and-buff woodpeckerHemicircus concretus (Temminck, 1821)32
Heart-spotted woodpeckerHemicircus canente (Lesson, RP, 1832)33
White woodpeckerMelanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796)34
Lewis's woodpeckerMelanerpes lewis (Gray, GR, 1849)35
Guadeloupe woodpeckerMelanerpes herminieri (Lesson, RP, 1830)36
Puerto Rican woodpeckerMelanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803)37
Red-headed woodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)38
Acorn woodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827)39
Yellow-tufted woodpeckerMelanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783)40
Yellow-fronted woodpeckerMelanerpes flavifrons (Vieillot, 1818)41
Golden-naped woodpeckerMelanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 187042
Beautiful woodpeckerMelanerpes pulcher Sclater, PL, 187043
Black-cheeked woodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849)44
White-fronted woodpeckerMelanerpes cactorum (d'Orbigny, 1840)45
Hispaniolan woodpeckerMelanerpes striatus (Müller, PLS, 1776)46
Jamaican woodpeckerMelanerpes radiolatus (Wagler, 1827)47
Golden-cheeked woodpeckerMelanerpes chrysogenys (Vigors, 1839)48
Grey-breasted woodpeckerMelanerpes hypopolius (Wagler, 1829)49
Yucatan woodpeckerMelanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885)50
Red-crowned woodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862)51
Gila woodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis (Baird, SF, 1854)52
Hoffmann's woodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862)53
Golden-fronted woodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829)54
Velasquez's woodpeckerMelanerpes santacruzi (Bonaparte, 1838)55
Red-bellied woodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758)56
West Indian woodpeckerMelanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827)57
Williamson's sapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideus (Cassin, 1852)58
Yellow-bellied sapsuckerSphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766)59
Red-naped sapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis Baird, SF, 185860
Red-breasted sapsuckerSphyrapicus ruber (Gmelin, JF, 1788)61
Cuban green woodpeckerXiphidiopicus percussus (Temminck, 1826)62
Buff-spotted woodpeckerPardipicus nivosus (Swainson, 1837)63
Brown-eared woodpeckerPardipicus caroli (Malherbe, 1852)64
Ground woodpeckerGeocolaptes olivaceus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)65
Fine-spotted woodpeckerCampethera punctuligera (Wagler, 1827)66
Bennett's woodpeckerCampethera bennettii (Smith, A, 1836)67
Speckle-throated woodpeckerCampethera scriptoricauda (Reichenow, 1896)68
Nubian woodpeckerCampethera nubica (Boddaert, 1783)69
Golden-tailed woodpeckerCampethera abingoni (Smith, A, 1836)70
Mombasa woodpeckerCampethera mombassica (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884)71
Knysna woodpeckerCampethera notata (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)72
Little green woodpeckerCampethera maculosa (Valenciennes, 1826)73
Little spotted woodpeckerCampethera cailliautii (Malherbe, 1849)74
Tullberg's woodpeckerCampethera tullbergi Sjöstedt, 189275
Fine-banded woodpeckerCampethera taeniolaema Reichenow & Neumann, 189576
Sulawesi pygmy woodpeckerYungipicus temminckii (Malherbe, 1849)77
Brown-capped pygmy woodpeckerYungipicus nanus (Vigors, 1832)78
Grey-capped pygmy woodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus (Blyth, 1845)79
Philippine pygmy woodpeckerYungipicus maculatus (Scopoli, 1786)80
Sulu pygmy woodpeckerYungipicus ramsayi Hargitt, 188181
Sunda pygmy woodpeckerYungipicus moluccensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)82
Japanese pygmy woodpeckerYungipicus kizuki (Temminck, 1836)83
Eurasian three-toed woodpeckerPicoides tridactylus (Linnaeus, 1758)84
American three-toed woodpeckerPicoides dorsalis Baird, SF, 185885
Black-backed woodpeckerPicoides arcticus (Swainson, 1832)86
Arabian woodpeckerDendrocoptes dorae (Bates, GL & Kinnear, 1935)87
Brown-fronted woodpeckerDendrocoptes auriceps (Vigors, 1831)88
Middle spotted woodpeckerDendrocoptes medius (Linnaeus, 1758)89
Yellow-crowned woodpeckerLeiopicus mahrattensis (Latham, 1801)90
Bearded woodpeckerChloropicus namaquus (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)91
Yellow-crested woodpeckerChloropicus xantholophus Hargitt, 188392
Fire-bellied woodpeckerChloropicus pyrrhogaster (Malherbe, 1845)93
Little grey woodpeckerDendropicos elachus Oberholser, 191994
Speckle-breasted woodpeckerDendropicos poecilolaemus Reichenow, 189395
Abyssinian woodpeckerDendropicos abyssinicus (Stanley, 1814)96
Cardinal woodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens (Vieillot, 1818)97
Gabon woodpeckerDendropicos gabonensis (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1851)98
Melancholy woodpeckerDendropicos lugubris Hartlaub, 185799
Stierling's woodpeckerDendropicos stierlingi Reichenow, 1901100
Elliot's woodpeckerDendropicos elliotii (Cassin, 1863)101
African grey woodpeckerDendropicos goertae (Müller, PLS, 1776)102
Eastern grey woodpeckerDendropicos spodocephalus (Bonaparte, 1850)103
Olive woodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus (Boddaert, 1783)104
Brown-backed woodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus (Wagler, 1829)105
Nuttall's woodpeckerDryobates nuttallii (Gambel, 1843)106
Ladder-backed woodpeckerDryobates scalaris (Wagler, 1829)107
Downy woodpeckerDryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766)108
Crimson-naped woodpeckerDryobates cathpharius (Blyth, 1843)109
Necklaced woodpeckerDryobates pernyii (Verreaux, J, 1867)110
Lesser spotted woodpeckerDryobates minor (Linnaeus, 1758)111
Little woodpeckerVeniliornis passerinus (Linnaeus, 1766)112
Dot-fronted woodpeckerVeniliornis frontalis (Cabanis, 1883)113
White-spotted woodpeckerVeniliornis spilogaster (Wagler, 1827)114
Checkered woodpeckerVeniliornis mixtus (Boddaert, 1783)115
Striped woodpeckerVeniliornis lignarius (Molina, 1782)116
Scarlet-backed woodpeckerVeniliornis callonotus (Waterhouse, 1841)117
Yellow-vented woodpeckerVeniliornis dignus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1877)118
Bar-bellied woodpeckerVeniliornis nigriceps (d'Orbigny, 1840)119
Blood-colored woodpeckerVeniliornis sanguineus (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)120
Red-rumped woodpeckerVeniliornis kirkii (Malherbe, 1845)121
Red-stained woodpeckerVeniliornis affinis (Swainson, 1821)122
Choco woodpeckerVeniliornis chocoensis Todd, 1919123
Golden-collared woodpeckerVeniliornis cassini (Malherbe, 1862)124
Yellow-eared woodpeckerVeniliornis maculifrons (Spix, 1824)125
Red-cockaded woodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealis (Vieillot, 1809)126
Smoky-brown woodpeckerLeuconotopicus fumigatus (d'Orbigny, 1840)127
Arizona woodpeckerLeuconotopicus arizonae (Hargitt, 1886)128
Strickland's woodpeckerLeuconotopicus stricklandi (Malherbe, 1845)129
Hairy woodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus (Linnaeus, 1766)130
White-headed woodpeckerLeuconotopicus albolarvatus (Cassin, 1850)131
Rufous-bellied woodpeckerDendrocopos hyperythrus (Vigors, 1831)132
Fulvous-breasted woodpeckerDendrocopos macei (Vieillot, 1818)133
Freckle-breasted woodpeckerDendrocopos analis (Bonaparte, 1850)134
Stripe-breasted woodpeckerDendrocopos atratus (Blyth, 1849)135
Darjeeling woodpeckerDendrocopos darjellensis (Blyth, 1845)136
Himalayan woodpeckerDendrocopos himalayensis (Jardine & Selby, 1831)137
Sind woodpeckerDendrocopos assimilis (Blyth, 1849)138
Syrian woodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)139
White-winged woodpeckerDendrocopos leucopterus (Salvadori, 1871)140
Great spotted woodpeckerDendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758)141
Okinawa woodpeckerDendrocopos noguchii (Seebohm, 1887)142
White-backed woodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos (Bechstein, 1802)143
Rufous-winged woodpeckerPiculus simplex (Salvin, 1870)144
Stripe-cheeked woodpeckerPiculus callopterus (Lawrence, 1862)145
White-throated woodpeckerPiculus leucolaemus (Natterer & Malherbe, 1845)146
Lita woodpeckerPiculus litae (Rothschild, 1901)147
Yellow-throated woodpeckerPiculus flavigula (Boddaert, 1783)148
Golden-green woodpeckerPiculus chrysochloros (Vieillot, 1818)149
Yellow-browed woodpeckerPiculus aurulentus (Temminck, 1821)150
Golden-olive woodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus (Swainson, 1820)151
Bronze-winged woodpeckerColaptes aeruginosus (Malherbe, 1862)152
Grey-crowned woodpeckerColaptes auricularis (Salvin & Godman, 1889)153
Crimson-mantled woodpeckerColaptes rivolii (Boissonneau, 1840)154
Black-necked woodpeckerColaptes atricollis (Malherbe, 1850)155
Spot-breasted woodpeckerColaptes punctigula (Boddaert, 1783)156
Green-barred woodpeckerColaptes melanochloros (Gmelin, JF, 1788)157
Northern flickerColaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)158
Gilded flickerColaptes chrysoides (Malherbe, 1852)159
Bermuda flickerColaptes oceanicus Olson, 2013160
Fernandina's flickerColaptes fernandinae Vigors, 1827161
Chilean flickerColaptes pitius (Molina, 1782)162
Andean flickerColaptes rupicola d'Orbigny, 1840163
Campo flickerColaptes campestris (Vieillot, 1818)164
Cinnamon woodpeckerCeleus loricatus (Reichenbach, 1854)165
Waved woodpeckerCeleus undatus (Linnaeus, 1766)166
Chestnut-colored woodpeckerCeleus castaneus (Wagler, 1829)167
Chestnut woodpeckerCeleus elegans (Müller, PLS, 1776)168
Pale-crested woodpeckerCeleus lugubris (Malherbe, 1851)169
Blond-crested woodpeckerCeleus flavescens (Gmelin, JF, 1788)170
Ochre-backed woodpeckerCeleus ochraceus (Spix, 1824)171
Cream-colored woodpeckerCeleus flavus (Müller, PLS, 1776)172
Rufous-headed woodpeckerCeleus spectabilis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880173
Kaempfer's woodpeckerCeleus obrieni Short, 1973174
Ringed woodpeckerCeleus torquatus (Boddaert, 1783)175
Helmeted woodpeckerCeleus galeatus (Temminck, 1822)176
Black-bodied woodpeckerDryocopus schulzii (Cabanis, 1882)177
Lineated woodpeckerDryocopus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1766)178
Pileated woodpeckerDryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758)179
White-bellied woodpeckerDryocopus javensis (Horsfield, 1821)180
Andaman woodpeckerDryocopus hodgei (Blyth, 1860)181
Black woodpeckerDryocopus martius (Linnaeus, 1758)182
Powerful woodpeckerCampephilus pollens (Bonaparte, 1845)183
Splendid woodpeckerCampephilus splendens Hargitt, 1889184
Crimson-bellied woodpeckerCampephilus haematogaster (Tschudi, 1844)185
Red-necked woodpeckerCampephilus rubricollis (Boddaert, 1783)186
Robust woodpeckerCampephilus robustus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1818)187
Crimson-crested woodpeckerCampephilus melanoleucos (Gmelin, JF, 1788)188
Pale-billed woodpeckerCampephilus guatemalensis (Hartlaub, 1844)189
Guayaquil woodpeckerCampephilus gayaquilensis (Lesson, RP, 1845)190
Cream-backed woodpeckerCampephilus leucopogon (Valenciennes, 1826)191
Magellanic woodpeckerCampephilus magellanicus (King, PP, 1827)192
Ivory-billed woodpeckerCampephilus principalis (Linnaeus, 1758)193
Imperial woodpeckerCampephilus imperialis (Gould, 1832)194
Banded woodpeckerChrysophlegma miniaceum (Pennant, 1769)195
Checker-throated woodpeckerChrysophlegma mentale (Temminck, 1826)196
Greater yellownapeChrysophlegma flavinucha (Gould, 1834)197
Lesser yellownapePicus chlorolophus Vieillot, 1818198
Crimson-winged woodpeckerPicus puniceus Horsfield, 1821199
Streak-breasted woodpeckerPicus viridanus Blyth, 1843200
Laced woodpeckerPicus vittatus Vieillot, 1818201
Streak-throated woodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeus (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)202
Scaly-bellied woodpeckerPicus squamatus Vigors, 1831203
Japanese green woodpeckerPicus awokera Temminck, 1836204
European green woodpeckerPicus viridis Linnaeus, 1758205
Iberian green woodpeckerPicus sharpei (Saunders, H, 1872)206
Levaillant's woodpeckerPicus vaillantii (Malherbe, 1847)207
Red-collared woodpeckerPicus rabieri (Oustalet, 1898)208
Black-headed woodpeckerPicus erythropygius (Elliot, DG, 1865)209
Grey-headed woodpeckerPicus canus Gmelin, JF, 1788210
Sumatran woodpeckerPicus dedemi (van Oort, 1911)211
Himalayan flamebackDinopium shorii (Vigors, 1831)212
Common flamebackDinopium javanense (Ljungh, 1797)213
Spot-throated flamebackDinopium everetti (Tweeddale, 1878)214
Black-rumped flamebackDinopium benghalense (Linnaeus, 1758)215
Red-backed flamebackDinopium psarodes (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)216
Orange-backed woodpeckerChrysocolaptes validus (Temminck, 1825)217
Buff-spotted flamebackChrysocolaptes lucidus (Scopoli, 1786)218
Luzon flamebackChrysocolaptes haematribon (Wagler, 1827)219
Yellow-faced flamebackChrysocolaptes xanthocephalus Walden & Layard, EL, 1872220
Red-headed flamebackChrysocolaptes erythrocephalus Sharpe, 1877221
Javan flamebackChrysocolaptes strictus (Horsfield, 1821)222
Greater flamebackChrysocolaptes guttacristatus (Tickell, 1833)223
Malabar flamebackChrysocolaptes socialis Koelz, 1939224
Crimson-backed flamebackChrysocolaptes stricklandi (Layard, EL, 1854)225
White-naped woodpeckerChrysocolaptes festivus (Boddaert, 1783)226
Pale-headed woodpeckerGecinulus grantia (Horsfield, 1840)227
Bamboo woodpeckerGecinulus viridis Blyth, 1862228
Olive-backed woodpeckerGecinulus rafflesii (Vigors, 1830)229
Maroon woodpeckerBlythipicus rubiginosus (Swainson, 1837)230
Bay woodpeckerBlythipicus pyrrhotis (Hodgson, 1837)231
Rufous woodpeckerMicropternus brachyurus (Vieillot, 1818)232
Buff-rumped woodpeckerMeiglyptes grammithorax (Malherbe, 1862)233
Zebra woodpeckerMeiglyptes tristis (Horsfield, 1821)234
Black-and-buff woodpeckerMeiglyptes jugularis (Blyth, 1845)235
Buff-necked woodpeckerMeiglyptes tukki (Lesson, RP, 1839)236
Ashy woodpeckerMulleripicus fulvus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)237
Northern sooty woodpeckerMulleripicus funebris (Valenciennes, 1826)238
Southern sooty woodpeckerMulleripicus fuliginosus Tweeddale, 1877239
Great slaty woodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentus (Temminck, 1826)240

References

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