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Guayaquil Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Guayaquil Woodpecker

Campephilus gayaquilensis (R.Lesson, 1845)

Campephilus gayaquilensis, the Guayaquil woodpecker, is a woodpecker species fou…

Cream-backed Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Cream-backed Woodpecker

Campephilus leucopogon (Valenciennes, 1826)

This page describes the physical characteristics and distribution of the South A…

Magellanic Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Magellanic Woodpecker

Campephilus magellanicus (P.P.King, 1827)

Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus) is a large South American woodp…

Powerful Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Powerful Woodpecker

Campephilus pollens (Bonaparte, 1845)

Campephilus pollens, the powerful woodpecker, is a 32 cm long bird with two subs…

Pale-billed Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Pale-billed Woodpecker

Campephilus guatemalensis (Hartlaub, 1844)

This is a species description of the pale-billed woodpecker Campephilus guatemal…

Red-necked Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Red-necked Woodpecker

Campephilus rubricollis (Boddaert, 1783)

Campephilus rubricollis, the red-necked woodpecker, has three subspecies distrib…

Streak-throated Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Streak-throated Woodpecker

Picus xanthopygaeus (J.E.Gray & G.R.Gray, 1847)

Picus xanthopygaeus is a medium-sized green woodpecker with distinct sexual plum…

Grey-headed Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Grey-headed Woodpecker

Picus canus J.F.Gmelin, 1788

Pic us canus is the grey-headed woodpecker, a small ant-eating woodpecker with m…

Crimson-winged Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Crimson-winged Woodpecker

Picus puniceus Horsfield, 1821

Crimson-winged woodpecker (Picus puniceus) is a colourful Southeast Asian woodpe…

Laced Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Laced Woodpecker

Picus vittatus Vieillot, 1818

Picus vittatus, the laced woodpecker, is a Picidae bird species found across mul…

Black-headed Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Black-headed Woodpecker

Picus erythropygius (D.G.Elliot, 1865)

Picus erythropygius, the black-headed woodpecker, is a medium-sized resident bir…

Scaly-bellied Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Scaly-bellied Woodpecker

Picus squamatus Vigors, 1831

Picus squamatus is a large scaled green woodpecker that lives in multiple forest…

Lesser Yellownape
Animalia Picidae

Lesser Yellownape

Picus chlorolophus Vieillot, 1818

Picus chlorolophus Vieillot, 1818, the lesser yellownape, is a jungle-dwelling A…

Streak-breasted Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Streak-breasted Woodpecker

Picus viridanus Blyth, 1843

Picus viridanus, the streak-breasted woodpecker, is a Picidae bird native to Sou…

Levaillant's Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Levaillant's Woodpecker

Picus vaillantii (Malherbe, 1847)

Levaillant's woodpecker (Picus vaillantii) is a North African woodpecker formerl…

Japanese Green Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Japanese Green Woodpecker

Picus awokera Temminck, 1836

Picus awokera, the Japanese green woodpecker, is a 30 cm woodpecker native to Ja…

Iberian Green Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Iberian Green Woodpecker

Picus sharpei (H.Saunders, 1872)

Picus sharpei, the Iberian green woodpecker, is a medium-sized endemic woodpecke…

Eurasian Green Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

Eurasian Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis Linnaeus, 1758

Picus viridis, the European green woodpecker, is an ant-eating sedentary woodpec…

Common Flameback
Animalia Picidae

Common Flameback

Dinopium javanense (Ljungh, 1797)

Dinopium javanense, or common flameback, is a woodpecker found across Southeast …

Black-rumped Flameback
Animalia Picidae

Black-rumped Flameback

Dinopium benghalense (Linnaeus, 1758)

The black-rumped flameback is a large South Asian woodpecker with distinctive bl…

Red-backed Flameback
Animalia Picidae

Red-backed Flameback

Dinopium psarodes (A.A.H.Lichtenstein, 1793)

Dinopium psarodes is a woodpecker species that lives in varied South Asian fores…

White-browed Piculet
Animalia Picidae

White-browed Piculet

Sasia ochracea Hodgson, 1837

Sasia ochracea, the white-browed piculet, is a small three-toed piculet native t…

Rufous Piculet
Animalia Picidae

Rufous Piculet

Sasia abnormis (Temminck, 1825)

This is a summary of the physical traits, distribution, habitat, and ecology of …

White-naped Woodpecker
Animalia Picidae

White-naped Woodpecker

Chrysocolaptes festivus (Boddaert, 1783)

This is a description of the large woodpecker species Chrysocolaptes festivus, t…