Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus).Checker-throated Woodpecker (Picus mentalis).Black-headed Woodpecker (Picus erythropygius).

Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens).

Olive Woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus).

Brown-backed Woodpecker (Dendropicos obsoletus).

Bearded Woodpecker (Dendropicos namaquus).

Scalloped Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes falcinellus).

Wagler’s Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes (squamatus) wagleri).

Scaled Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes squamatus).

Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii).

Montane Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger).

Spot-crowned Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes affinis).

Lineated Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes albolineatus).

White-striped Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes leucogaster).

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes angustirostris).

White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos).

Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus).

Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius).

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor).

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) aka Spotted Woodpecker or Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major): Found in southwestern South America.

Yellow-crowned aka Mahratta Woodpecker (Dendrocopos mahrattensis): The Yellow-crowned Woodpecker is a small woodpecker found in South Asia.

Stripe-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus).

Sulawesi Woodpecker (Dendrocopos temminckii).

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus).

Philippine Woodpecker (Dendrocopos maculatus).

Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis).

Grey-capped Woodpecker aka Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus).

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei).

Darjeeling Woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis).

Crimson-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrsocopos cathpharius).

Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos auriceps).

Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos nanus): Distribution: India.

Their range stretches from the Philippines to the British Isles. These small woodpeckers occur naturally in Asia and Europe and Northern Africa.

Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus).

Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula).

The many species of coastal ants are a favorite food of this woodpecker. Unlike other woodpeckers, this species feeds more on the ground than in trees. In winter, the resident birds are joined by relatives from the north that have migrated south for the winter.

Red-shafted Flicker / Northern Flicker (Colaptes cafer) – Yellow-shafted Flicker / Red-shafted Flicker / Golden-winged Woodpecker / Lesser Yellownape or extinct Guadalupe Flicker * – The Northern Flicker is a widespread nesting bird that spends the entire year along the coast.

Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros).

Fernandina’s Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae) *.

There are usually colorful markings on the head. They typically have a brown or green back and wings with black barring, and a beige to yellowish underside, with black spotting or barring.

White-headed Woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus)*įound in the Americas.

Strickland’s Woodpecker (Picoides stricklandi).

Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis)*.

Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttalli)*.

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) *.Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)*.American Three-toed Woodpecker(Picoides dorsalis)*.Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)*.Downy Woodpeckers (Picoides pubescens)*.Arizona Woodpeckers (Picoides arizonae)*.The plumage of most are predominantly black and white, brown and white in some southern species, with the male often having a red (or yellow) badge.

Woodpecker types