Woodpecker Species
Member of the Picidae Family: Sapsuckers ... Flickers
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Woodpecker Species:
Acorn Woodpeckers
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis): Mangoverde
Arabian Woodpeckers (Dendrocopos dorae): The Arabian Woodpecker is a species of woodpecker found in the Arabian Peninsula, primarily in southwestern Saudi Arabia and Yemen, in areas of montane forest. Though described to science by Bates and Kinnear, the scientific name is said to be named by St. John Philby after a woman he was fond of. (Source: Wikipedia.org) ... Related Web Resources: BirdLife International
Arizona Woodpeckers
Banded Woodpecker (Picus mineaceus): Mangoverde
Bearded Woodpecker (Dendropicos namaquus): Mangoverde
Bennett's Woodpecker (Campethera
bennettii): Mangoverde
Black-backed Woodpeckers
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Black-headed Woodpecker (Picus erythropygius)
Black-rumped Flameback aka Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker
Black Woodpecker
Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens): Mangoverde
Blood-colored Woodpecker (Veniliornis sanguineus): Mangoverde
Brown-backed Woodpecker (Dendropicos obsoletus): Mangoverde
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos nanus): Distribution: India ... Related Web Resources: http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos auriceps): Related Web Resources: http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
Buff-necked Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tukki): Mangoverde
Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis): Mangoverde
Buff-spotted Woodpecker (Campethera nivosa): Mangoverde
Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens): Oiseaux.net ... Mangoverde
Checkered Woodpecker (Picoides mixtus): The Checkered Woodpecker is found in eastern South America.
This bird is about 5 1/2 inches (14 cm) in length. This woodpecker is black and white. The male has a red mark on the back of its head ... Related Web Resources: Arthur Grosset ... Mangoverde
Checker-throated Woodpecker (Picus mentalis): Mangoverde
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus): Mangoverde
Chestnut / Elegant Woodpecker
Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus): Oiseaux.net
Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense): Oiseaux.net ... Mangoverde
Cream-backed Woodpecker (Campephilus leucopogon): Mangoverde
Cream-colored Woodpecker (Celeus flavus): The Cream-colored Woodpecker is a species of woodpecker native to South America, from Colombia and the Guianas to Peru, Bolivia, and the eastern part of Brazil. It is colored creamy yellow, except for the wingtips and tail, which are much darker. Males also have dark rings around their eyes. It has a large crest that is always raised. It eats mainly tree ants, although it does eat other insects and some fruits. It is not known how the Cream-colored Woodpecker nests, although it is believed that they nest in holes in trees. They do not migrate. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org) ... Related Web Resources: Oiseaux.net ... Mangoverde
Crimson-bellied Woodpecker (Campephilus haematogaster): Mangoverde
Crimson-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos cathpharius): http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo)
Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (Piculus rivolii): Oiseaux.net ... Mangoverde
Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus): Mangoverde
Darjeeling Woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis): http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo)
Downy Woodpeckers
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus): Mangoverde
Fine-spotted Woodpecker
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei): http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) / Another Photo ... Mangoverde
Gila Woodpeckers
Golden-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysogenys): Oiseaux.net ... Mangoverde
Golden-fronted Woodpeckers
Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen): Oiseaux.net ... Mangoverde
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker (Campethera abingoni): Oiseaux.net ... Mangoverde
Golden-winged Woodpeckers: Golden-winged Woodpeckers
Greater Flameback aka Large Golden-backed Woodpecker or Malherbe's Golden-backed Woodpecker
Greater Yellownape (Picus flavinucha): http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
Great Slaty Woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus): http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros): Mangoverde
Green Woodpecker aka Yaffle
Gray-and-buff Woodpecker (Hemicircus concretus): Mangoverde
Grey-capped Woodpecker aka Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus): http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
Gray-faced Woodpecker (Picus canus): Mangoverde
Grey-headed Woodpecker
Grey Woodpecker
Ground Woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus): Mangoverde
Guadeloupe Woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri): Oiseaux.net ... Mangoverde
Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis): Oiseaux.net ... Mangoverde
Heart-spotted Woodpecker (Hemicircus canente): http://www.kolkatabirds.com
Hairy Woodpeckers
Himalayan Flameback (Dinopium shorii): http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis): http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
Hispaniolan Woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus): Oiseaux.net ... Mangoverde
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Imperial Woodpecker
Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Japanese Woodpecker aka Japanese Green Woodpecker(Picus awokera): Japanese Woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker similar and closely related to the Green Woodpecker, but endemic to Japan. This species reaches about 30cm in length, with bright green wings and tail, a red or black mustache and crown (as opposed to the black face of the Green Woodpecker), gray head, neck, and chest, and white underparts with black markings. Japanese Woodpecker is divided into at least two subspecies: P. a. awokera, the nominate subspecies, found on Honshu, and P. a. horii, native to Kyushu. The binomial is a reference to the Japanese name of the species, aogera. (Source: Wikipedia.org)
Jamaican Woodpecker (Melanerpes radiolatus): Oiseaux.net ... Mangoverde
Laced Woodpecker (Picus vittatus): Mangoverde
Ladder-backed Woodpeckers
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Yellownape
Levaillant’s Woodpecker aka Levaillant’s Green Woodpecker
Lewis's Woodpeckers
Lineated Woodpeckers
Little Woodpecker (Veniliornis passerinus): Mangoverde
Magellanic Woodpecker (Campephilus
magellanicus): Mangoverde
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker (Campethera nubica): Mangoverde
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Okinawa Woodpecker (Sapheopipo noguchii): The Okinawa Woodpecker is endemic to the island of Okinawa in Japan. It is the only member of the genus Sapheopipo.
This is a medium-sized (31cm), dark woodpecker. It is dark brown in colour with reddish tips to its feathers. It has white spots on the primaries. The head is a paler brown, with a dark red crown on the male and a blackish-brown on the female.
Their breeding habitat is subtropical, evergreen broad-leaved forest of at least 30 years old, with tall trees of more than 20 cm in diameter. Nesting is between late February and May.
This woodpecker is critically endangered. It has a single tiny, declining population which is threatened by habitat loss of mature forest due to logging, dam construction, agriculture and golf course developments. The current population is estimated at less than 600.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org)
Olive-backed Woodpecker (Dinopium rafflesii): Mangoverde
Olive Woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus): Mangoverde
Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus): Mangoverde
Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis): Mangoverde
Philippine Woodpecker (Dendrocopos maculatus): Oiseaux.net
Pileated Woodpecker
Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki): Mangoverde
Puerto Rican Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpeckers
Red-cockaded Woodpeckers
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpeckers
Red-necked Woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis): Mangoverde
Red-rumped Woodpecker
Robust Woodpecker (Campephilus robustus): Mangoverde
Ruddy Woodpeckers: Belize
Rufous Woodpeckers (Celeus brachyurus): The Rufous Woodpecker is a brown woodpecker found in South Asia. It is medium sized with black vermiculations on its rufous body and a dark eye stripe. The species has a weak and slightly curved bill. It builds its nests within the nests of ants of the species Crematogaster. (Source: Wikipedia.org) ... Related Web Resources: http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
Rufous-bellied Woodpeckers (Dendrocopos hyperythrus): http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus): Mangoverde
Scaly-breasted Woodpecker (Celeus grammicus): Mangoverde
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker (Veniliornis callonotus): Mangoverde
Smoky-brown Woodpecker (Veniliornis fumigatus): Mangoverde
Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula): Oiseaux.net ... Mangoverde
Spotted Woodpeckers: Great Spotted Woodpecker: Lesser
Spotted Woodpeckers (Birds of Britain)
Sulawesi Woodpecker (Dendrocopos temminckii): Oiseaux.net
Streak-throated Woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus): The Streak-throated Woodpecker is found in South Asia. Related Web Resources: http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
Stripe-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus): http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
Striped Woodpeckers (Picoides lignarius): The Striped Woodpecker is found in southwestern South America. Related Web Resources: Avesdechile.cl
Strickland's Woodpecker
Syrian Woodpecker
Tawny-winged Woodpeckers: Belize
Three-toed Woodpeckers
West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris): Mangoverde
White-backed Woodpecker
White-bellied Woodpeckers aka Great Black Woodpecker
(Dryocopus javensis): The White-bellied Woodpecker is found in evergreen forests in southwestern and central India. They are found in forests in the Western Ghats. They are the largest of the Indian Woodpeckers and nest in large dead trees, often beside rivers. The call of this species is a loud 'Kyaaw' and like other woodpeckers it drums on wood but sounds much louder than those of smaller species. (Source: Wikipedia.org) ... Related Web Resources: http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
White-headed Woodpeckers
White-naped Woodpecker
White-spotted Woodpecker (Veniliornis spilogaster): Mangoverde
White-throated Woodpecker (Piculus leucolaemus): Mangoverde
White Woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus): The White Woodpecker is a species of woodpecker (Family Picidae) found in South America. This woodpecker is a native of the grasslands of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. This bird is particularly beneficial because it consumes the irapuá bee, Melipona ruficrus, a pest of citrus growers. (Source: Wikipedia.org) ... Related Web Resources: Photo by Arthur Grosset / Mangoverde ... Arthur Grosset Photos & Information ... Mangoverde
Yellow-browed Woodpecker (Piculus aurulentus): Mangoverde
Yellow-crowned aka Mahratta Woodpeckers
(Dendrocopos mahrattensis): The Yellow-crowned Woodpecker is a small woodpecker found in South Asia.
... Related Web Resources: Oiseaux.net ... http://www.kolkatabirds.com (Photo) ... Mangoverde
Yellow-throated Woodpecker (Piculus flavigula): Mangoverde
Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons): Mangoverde
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus): Mangoverde
