The Zoochat Photographic Guide To The Piciformes (Part III) - Woodpeckers and Honeyguides

This thread will comprise the third and final segment of the overall photographic guide to the Piciformes, after the previous two threads which covered the toucans, barbets, jacamars and puffbirds. As such, in this thread we shall cover the remaining two families within the clade, the woodpeckers and honeyguides, following the taxonomy laid out on the new Birds of the World platform for the sake of consistency.

After these two groups have been covered, we will conclude the photographic guide with the usual summary of how well-represented each family discussed within the three threads is within the Zoochat gallery, and list those species which are still unrepresented in the hope of highlighting possible gaps which members of this forum may be able to fill.

 

PICIFORMES


This clade contains around 430 species within nine families as follows:


GALBULIDAE - Jacamars (5 genera, 18 species)

BUCCONIDAE - Puffbirds, Nunbirds and allies (10 genera, 36 species)

MEGALAIMIDAE - Asian Barbets (2 genera, 34 species)

LYBIIDAE - African Barbets (7 genera, 41 species)

CAPITONIDAE - New World Barbets (2 genera, 14 species)

SEMNORNITHIDAE - Toucan-Barbets (1 genus, 2 species)

RAMPHASTIDAE - Toucans and Aracaris (5 genera, 36 species)

PICIDAE - Woodpeckers, Piculets and Wrynecks (33 genera, 234 species)

INDICATORIDAE - Honeyguides (4 genera, 17 species)

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PICIDAE


This family comprises 33 extant genera:


Jynx - Wrynecks (2 species)

Picumnus - True Piculets (26 species)

Verreauxia - African Piculet (monotypic)

Sasia - Asian Piculets (2 species)

Nesoctites - Antillean Piculet (monotypic)

Hemicircus - Short-tailed Woodpeckers (2 species)

Sphyrapicus - Sapsuckers (4 species)

Xiphidiopicus - Cuban Green Woodpecker (monotypic)

Melanerpes - Gila Woodpecker and allies (23 species)

Picoides - Three-toed Woodpeckers (2 species)

Yungipicus - Pygmy Woodpeckers (7 species)

Leiopicus - Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (monotypic)

Dendrocoptes - Arabian Woodpecker and allies (3 species)

Chloropicus - Olive Woodpecker and allies (15 species)

Dendrocopos - Pied Woodpeckers (12 species)

Dryobates - Downy Woodpecker and allies (25 species)

Blythipicus - Maroon and Bay Woodpeckers (2 species)

Reinwardtipicus - Orange-backed Woodpecker (monotypic)

Chrysocolaptes - Greater Flameback and allies (8 species)

Campephilus - Ivory-billed Woodpecker and allies (11 species)

Micropternus - Rufous Woodpecker (monotypic)

Meiglyptes - Buff-necked Woodpecker and allies (3 species)

Gecinulus - Pale-headed and Bamboo Woodpeckers (2 species)

Dinopium - Common Flameback and allies (6 species)

Picus - Green Woodpeckers (13 species)

Chrysophlegma - Greater Yellownape and allies (3 species)

Geocolaptes - Ground Woodpecker (monotypic)

Campethera - Nubian Woodpecker and allies (12 species)

Mulleripicus - Ashy, Slaty and Sooty Woodpeckers (4 species)

Dryocopus - Black Woodpecker and allies (6 species)

Celeus - Cinnamon Woodpecker and allies (13 species)

Piculus - Rufous-winged Woodpecker and allies (7 species)

Colaptes - Flickers (12 species)
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Jynx


Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout much of Eurasia barring the extreme north and southeast Asia, from central Scandinavia, the Iberian Peninsula and northwest Africa in the west, through eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and southern Siberia, to the Russian Far East, Sakhalin and northern Japan in the east, with disjunct populations occurring in Anatolian Turkey, the northwest Himalayas and central China; wintering populations occur throughout the Iberian Peninsula and northwest Africa, the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and Sierra Leone in the west to South Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya in the east, and southern Asia from Peninsular India in the west, through the Himalayas and southern China to southern Japan in the east, and south from here throughout Indochina and the Malay Peninsula.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

J. t. torquilla - photograph by @TeaLovingDave



J. t. tschusii
J. t. mauretanica
J. t. himalayana


Rufous-necked Wryneck (Jynx ruficollis)

The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa in a highly-fragmented and patchy distribution of disjunct populations; from as far west as Cameroon and the Central African Republic to as far east as central Ethiopia, and south into much of southeast South Africa and Swaziland.

Three subspecies are currently recognised:

J. r. ruficollis
J. r. pulchricollis
J. r. aequatorialis

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.
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Picumnus


Speckled Piculet (Picumnus innominatus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of south-east Asia, from northern Pakistan and immediately-adjacent regions of extreme northeast Pakistan in the west, through the Himalayas of northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and northern Myanmar into south-central and southeast China in the east, and south from here into northern and eastern Indochina and the northern reaches of Peninsular Thailand; disjunct populations occur in the Western Ghats, coastal northeast India, Sumatra and northern Borneo.

Three subspecies are recognised, as follows:

P. i. innominatus
P. i. malayorum - photograph by @Hix



P. i. chinensis


Bar-breasted Piculet (Picumnus aurifrons)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the Amazon Basin and adjacent regions of South America east of the Andes, from eastern Peru and northwest Bolivia in the west, throughout west-central and north-central Brazil to coastal northeast Brazil in the east.

Seven subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. a. aurifrons
P. a. transfasciatus
P. a. barbae
P. a. wallacii
P. a. purusianus
P. a. flavifrons
P. a. juruanus

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Orinoco Piculet (Picumnus pumilus)

The range of this species is restricted to a small area of southeast Colombia, southern Venezuela and adjacent regions of northwest Brazil.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Lafresnaye's Piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi)

The range of this species represents a pair of widely-disjunct populations in northern South America; along the eastern slope of the Andes from southeast Colombia in the north, through eastern Ecuador into northeast and north-central Peru in the south; and in a small region of north-central Brazil.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. l. lafresnayi
P. l. punctifrons
P. l. taczanowskii
P. l. pusillus

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Golden-spangled Piculet (Picumnus exilis)

The range of this species represents a pair of widely-disjunct populations in South America; throughout the Guyanas and adjacent regions of northeast Brazil along the lower course of the Amazon, along with coastal regions of northeast Brazil to the east of the Amazon; and along a narrow strip of coastal east-central Brazil.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. e. undulatus
P. e. buffonii
P. e. pernambucensis
P. e. exilis

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Ecuadorian Piculet (Picumnus sclateri)

The range of this species extends throughout western and southwest Ecuador, and into northwest Peru.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. s. parvistriatus
P. s. sclateri
P. s. porcullae

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of central and northeast Colombia, and into northwestern and central Venezuela.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. s. roehli
P. s. squamulatus
P. s. lovejoyi
P. s. apurensis
P. s. obsoletus

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster)

The range of this species represents a patchy distribution of disjunct populations in northeast South America; throughout central and eastern Venezuela along the Orinoco and major tributaries; along the coast of the Guyanas; in north-central Brazil and adjacent regions of Guyana; and in coastal northeast Brazil east of the Amazon.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. s. orinocensis
P. s. spilogaster
P. s. pallidus

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Arrowhead Piculet (Picumnus minutissimus)

Endemic to the coastal lowlands of Suriname.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Spotted Piculet (Picumnus pygmaeus)

Endemic to the dry woodlands of eastern Brazil.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Speckle-chested Piculet (Picumnus steindachneri)

Endemic to a tiny region of the Andes in northern Peru.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Varzea Piculet (Picumnus varzeae)

The range of this species is restricted to a narrow stretch of central Amazonian Brazil.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


White-barred Piculet (Picumnus cirratus)

The range of this species represents a fragmented distribution of two widely-disjunct populations in South America; throughout the easternmost Amazon Basin of Brazil and adjacent coastal regions of the Guianas; and throughout southeast and south-central Brazil into Paraguay, southeast Bolivia and north-central Argentina.

Six subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. c. macconnelli
P. c. confusus
P. c. cirratus
P. c. pilcomayensis
P. c. tucumanus
P. c. thamnophiloides

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.

 

Ocellated Piculet (Picumnus dorbignyanus)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution through the Andes of eastern Peru, central Bolivia and the extreme northwest of Argentina.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. d. jelskii
P. d. dorbignyanus

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Ochre-collared Piculet (Picumnus temminckii)

The range of this species extends throughout the southern Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil, eastern Paraguay and the extreme northeast of Argentina.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Therabu




White-wedged Piculet (Picumnus albosquamatus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of central Brazil south of the Amazon and adjacent regions of South America east of the Andes, from northern Bolivia in the west, through southwest and central Brazil to east-central Brazil in the east.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. a. albosquamatus
P. a. guttifer

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Rusty-necked Piculet (Picumnus fuscus)

The range of this species is restricted to a short, narrow strip of northeast Bolivia and immediately-adjacent west-central Brazil, along the River Guaporé.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Rufous-breasted Piculet (Picumnus rufiventris)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the western Amazon Basin along the eastern slope of the Andes, from south-central Colombia in the north, through eastern Ecuador and Peru, to northwest Bolivia in the south, and east from here into west-central Brazil.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. r. rufiventris
P. r. grandis
P. r. brunneifrons

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Tawny Piculet (Picumnus fulvescens)

Endemic to a small region of coastal northeast Brazil.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Ochraceous Piculet (Picumnus limae)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout coastal northeast Brazil.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Mottled Piculet (Picumnus nebulosus)

The range of this species extends throughout southernmost Brazil and Uruguay, and west into immediately-adjacent regions of southeast Paraguay and northeast Argentina.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Plain-breasted Piculet (Picumnus castelnau)

The range of this species is restricted to the western Amazon Basin of the northeast Peruvian lowlands, extending along the Amazon River into southernmost Colombia and immediately-adjacent regions of extreme western Brazil.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Fine-barred Piculet (Picumnus subtilis)

The range of this species extends throughout the Andes of southeastern Peru and immediately-adjacent regions of westernmost Brazil.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Central America and northwestern South America, from Guatemala and Honduras in the north to west-central Ecuador in the south, and east of the Andes into northern Colombia and immediately-adjacent northwest Venezuela.

Six subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. o. dimotus
P. o. flavotinctus
P. o. olivaceus
P. o. harterti
P. o. eisenmanni
P. o. tachirensis

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Greyish Piculet (Picumnus granadensis)

The range of this species is restricted to a narrow strip of the woodlands of northwestern Colombia, on the western slope of the Andes.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. g. antioquensis
P. g. granadensis

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Chestnut Piculet (Picumnus cinnamomeus)

The range of this species is restricted to the Caribbean coastline of north-central and northeast Colombia and adjacent northwest Venezuela.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. c. cinnamomeus
P. c. perijanus
P. c. persaturatus
P. c. venezuelensis

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.
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Verreauxia


African Piculet (Verreauxia africana)

The range of this species extends throughout the Congo Basin, from southern Cameroon in the west, through the northern DRC and southern Central African Republic, to southwest Uganda in the east, and south from here to northwest Angola in the west and south-central DRC in the east; highly-fragmented disjunct populations may occur in Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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Sasia


Rufous Piculet (Sasia abnormis)

The range of this species extends from southwest Indochina into the Malay Peninsila, and through here into Sumatra, western Java, Borneo and nearby islands of the Greater Sundas.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

S. a. abnormis
S. a. magnirostris

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


White-browed Piculet (Sasia ochracea)

The range of this species extends throughout much of southeast Asia, from the Himalayas of central Nepal into northeast India, Bhutan and northern Myanmar, and from here throughout southern China and Indochina to the northern reaches of the Malay Peninsula; a disjunct population occurs in the Himalayas of northwest India.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

S. o. ochracea
S. o. reichenowi
S. o. kinneari

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.
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Nesoctites


Antillean Piculet (Nesoctites micromegas)

Endemic to Hispaniola and nearby offshore islands.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

N. m. micromegas
N. m. abbotti

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.
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Hemicircus


Grey-and-Buff Woodpecker (Hemicircus concretus)

The range of this species extends from southern Myanmar into the Malay Peninsula, and from here throughout Sumatra, Borneo and Java.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

H. c. sordidus
H. c. concretus

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Heart-spotted Woodpecker (Hemicircus canente)

The range of this species represents a patchy distribution of highly-fragmented disjunct populations throughout southern Asia; in the Western Ghats and peninsular eastern India; in Assam and immediately-adjacent Bangladesh; throughout much of northern and central Indochina; and in northern Peninsular Thailand.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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Sphyrapicus


Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)

The summer breeding range of this species extends patchily throughout much of western North America, from southwest Canada in the north, through the Cascades, Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains to central California, northeast Arizona and west-central New Mexico; wintering populations extend further south, from northern California, central Arizona and north-central New Mexico in the north to southwest Mexico in the south.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

S. t. thyroideus - photo by @Great Argus



S. t. nataliae - photo by @Ituri




Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout much of northern and east-central North America, from southeast Alaska in the west, throughout Canada to Newfoundland, Labrador and Nova Scotia in the east, and south into north-central and northeast USA from North Dakota in the west to northern Michigan and West Virginia in the east; wintering populations extend south from here throughout the eastern USA into central and southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and much of Central America as far south as western Panama.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Newzooboy




Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from southeast British Colombia and southwest Alberta in the north, throughout the Rocky Mountains and adjacent regions of the western USA to east-central Arizona and northwest New Mexico in the south; wintering populations extend from central Nevada, northwest Arizona and southern New Mexico in the north, throughout southern California, Baja California and as far south as south-central Mexico.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Great Argus




Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout the Pacific coastline of North America from southeast Alaska in the north, through western and central British Columbia into western Washington and Oregon, and patchily south into northern and central California, with a disjunct breeding population in extreme western Nevada; wintering populations extend throughout much of the breeding range, barring Alaska, and into central and southern California and Baja California.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

S. r. ruber
S. r. daggetti - photograph by @Ituri

 

Xiphidiopicus


Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus)

Endemic to Cuba and the Isle of Pines.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

X. p. percussus
X. p. insulaepinorum

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.
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Melanerpes


White Woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of central and eastern South America in a fragmented and sometimes patchy distribution, from the coastline of the Guianas in the north to northeast Argentina, southern Brazil and Uruguay in the south, and west to the eastern slope of the Andes south of the Amazon Basin, to northwest Bolivia, Paraguay and north-central Argentina; largely absent from the dry forests of eastern Brazil, and almost entirely absent from the Amazon Basin, barring those areas immediately-adjacent to the mouth and lower course of the Amazon River.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Juancho




Lewis' Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewisi)

The summer breeding range of this species extends patchily from south-central British Colombia, eastern Washington, northern Idaho and Montana in the north, throughout much of inland western USA to Nevada, northern Arizona and Colorado to the south; wintering populations occur patchily throughout the Pacific coastline of USA from Oregon to southernmost California, and east from here into Arizona, New Mexico and southwest Colorado.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Ituri




Guadeloupe Woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri)

Endemic to Guadeloupe in the Caribbean.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Puerto Rican Woodpecker (Melanerpes portoricensis)

Endemic to Puerto Rico in the Caribbean.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Ding Lingwei




Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from southernmost Saskatchewan and Manitoba in the west to Rhode Island and Connecticut in the east, and south to northwest Texas in the west and south-central Florida in the east; wintering populations occur throughout much of the central, southern and eastern portions of this range, and also extend further south into central Texas.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @ChunkyMunky pengopus




Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

The range of this species represents a patchy and fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout western North America and Central America; from southwest Washington in the north, through the Pacific coastline of Oregon and California to northern Baja California in the south; from southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico throughout much of western Mexico into the highlands of Central America to Panama; and throughout the northern Andes of Colombia on both the eastern and western slope.

Seven subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. f. bairdi - photo by @Great Argus



M. f. formicivorus - photo by @Arizona Docent



M. f. albeolus
M. f. lineatus
M. f. striatipectus - photo by @ThylacineAlive



M. f. flavigula
M. f. angustifrons


Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen)

Endemic to the Pacific slope of southern Central America from southwest Costa Rica to western Panama.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Newzooboy




Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Amazon Basin and adjacent regions of northern and central South America east of the Andes, from eastern Ecuador, northern Peru and eastern Colombia in the west to southeast Venezuela, the Guianas and northeast Brazil in the east, and south to central Bolivia in the west and east-central Brazil in the east.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Therabu




Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons)

The range of this species is restricted to the Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil, eastern Paraguay and the extreme northeast of Argentina.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Beautiful Woodpecker (Melanerpes pulcher)

Endemic to the Magdalena Valley of north-central Colombia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.

 

Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)

The range of this species extends throughout the Caribbean slope of Central America from southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize in the north to eastern Panama and northwest Colombia in the south, and from here through the coastal Pacific lowlands of Colombia and western Ecuador.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Semioptera




White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum)

The range of this species extends patchily from south-central Bolivia in the north, through western Paraguay and north-central Argentina to central and northeast Argentina in the south.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @devilfish




Hispaniolan Woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus)

Endemic to Hispaniola in the Caribbean.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @vogelcommando




Jamaican Woodpecker (Melanerpes radiolatus)

Endemic to Jamaica in the Caribbean.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Golden-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysogenys)

Endemic to the Pacific lowlands of western and southern Mexico.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. c. chrysogenys
M. c. flavinuchus

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Grey-breasted Woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius)

The range of this species is restricted to southwest interior Mexico.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Yucatan Woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)

Endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula and immediately-adjacent regions of southwest Mexico and northern Belize.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. p. rubricamus - photo by @vogelcommando



M. p. pygmaeus
M. p. tysoni


Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout southern Central America and northern South America, from southwest Costa Rica in the west to coastal Suriname and Guyana in the east, and south into the Andes of west-central Colombia.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. r. rubricapillus - photo by @Vision



M. r. subfusculus
M. r. seductus
M. r. paraguanae


Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)

The range of this species extends throughout central and southern Arizona and immediately-adjacent regions of southwest USA, and south into Baja California and coastal northwestern Mexico.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. u. uropygialis - photo by @Ituri



M. u. cardonensis
M. u. brewsteri


Hoffmann's Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the Pacific slope of Central America, from southernmost Honduras in the north to west-central Costa Rica in the south.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Kazaa67




Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)

The range of this species extends from southwestern Oklahoma and Texas in the north, throughout eastern and southern Mexico and Central America, to southern Honduras and northwest Nicaragua in the south.

Twelve subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. a. aurifrons
M. a. grateloupensis
M. a. veraecrucis
M. a. dubius - Photo by @ralph



M. a. leei
M. a. turneffensis
M. a. santacruzi
M. a. hughlandi
M. a. pauper
M. a. insulanus
M. a. canescens
M. a. polygrammus


Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of eastern and central USA, from central Minnesota , South Dakota and Nebraska in the west to New England in the east, and south to east-central Texas in the west and southern Florida in the east.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @CheeseChameleon2007




West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands and other offshore islands of the western Greater Antilles.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. s. nyeanus
M. s. blakei
M. s. superciliaris
M. s. murceus
M. s. caymanensis

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.
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Picoides


Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of northern Eurasia, from Scandinavia and the Baltic States in the west, through Siberia and northern regions of Central Asia, to the Russian Far East, northeast China, Sakhalin and northern Japan in the east; patchy and highly-fragmented disjunct populations occur in the Alps, central Balkans, Carpathian Mountains and adjacent areas of central and eastern Europe.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. t. tridactylus
P. t. crissoleucus
P. t. albidior
P. t. alpinus
P. t. funebris

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)

The range of this species extends throughout the boreal regions of North America, from west-central Alaska in the west to Labrador and Newfoundland in the east, and south into British Columbia in the west and the Great Lakes in the east; the species also extends further south in western portions of its range, patchily through the Cascades and Rockies to northern Arizona and New Mexico.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. d. dorsalis
P. d. fasciatus
P. d. bacatus - photo by @Great Argus




Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)

The range of this species extends throughout the boreal forests of North America, from central Alaska in the west, throughout northern Canada to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in the east, and south into the Cascades and adjacent regions of western USA, and also into New England and the north-central USA around the Great Lakes.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Ituri

 

Yungipicus


Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus temminckii)

Endemic to Sulawesi and adjacent offshore islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus maculatus)

The range of this species extends throughout the eastern and central Philippines from Luzon in the north to Mindanao in the south.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

Y. m. validirostris
Y. m. maculatus
Y. m. fulvifasciatus

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Sulu Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus ramsayi)

Endemic to the Sulu Islands of the southwest Philippines.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Peninsular India, Sri Lanka and southern Nepal.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

Y. n. nanus
Y. n. cinereigula
Y. n. gymnopthalmos

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis)

The range of this species extends patchily from southwest Peninsular Malaysia throughout the Greater and Lesser Sundas as far east as Alor; absent from Sulawesi.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

Y. m. moluccensis - photo by @Hix



Y. m. grandis


Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of southeast and eastern Asia, from northern Pakistan in the west, through the Himalayas of northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and northern Myanmar into southern and southeast China, to Taiwan in the east; north from here the species ranges throughout eastern and north-east China into the Russian Far East and Korean Peninsula, and south from here the species extends throughout Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.

Eleven subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

Y. c. doerriesi
Y. c. scintilliceps
Y. c. kaleensis
Y. c. swinhoei
Y. c. semicoronatus
Y. c. mitchelli
Y. c. canicapillus
Y. c. delacouri
Y. c. auritus
Y. c. volzi
Y. c. aurantiiventris

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)

The range of this species extends throughout southeast Siberia, the Korean Peninsula and northeast China into Sakhalin and Japan.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

Y. k. ijimae
Y. k. seebohmi
Y. k. amamii
Y. k. kizuki

Photograph by @devilfish

 

Leiopicus


Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (Leiopicus mahrattensis)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Peninsular India and adjacent regions of eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and Sri Lanka; disjunct populations occur in western and central Myanmar, and in eastern Cambodia and adjacent regions of southern Laos.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

L. m. mahrattensis - photo by @Chlidonias



L. m. pallescens
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Dendrocoptes


Middle-spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout much of Europe, the Middle East and the Caucasus, from northern Spain, France and the Low Countries in the west, through central and eastern Europe into European Russia, and through the Balkans into coastal Turkey and the Caucasus; a disjunct population occurs in the Zagros Mountains of northeast Iraq and southwest Iran.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. m. medius - photo by @vogelcommando



D. m. caucasicus
D. m. anatoliae
D. m. sanctijohannis


Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes auriceps)

The range of this species is restricted to a highly-fragmented distribution throughout the western Himalayas from northeast Afghanistan and north-central Pakistan in the west to northern India and central Nepal in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae)

The range of this species extends patchily through a narrow strip in the southwest Arabian Peninsula from Mecca in the north to southwest Yemen in the south.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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Chloropicus


Abyssinian Woodpecker (Chloropicus abyssinicus)

Endemic to the highlands of northern and western Ethiopia, and also adjacent regions of western Eritrea.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Melancholy Woodpecker (Chloropicus lugubris)

The range of this species extends throughout much of West Africa, from Sierra Leone in the west to southwest Nigeria in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Gabon Woodpecker (Chloropicus gabonensis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the Congo Basin, from southern Nigeria and southwest Cameroon in the west to northeast DRC and the extreme west of Uganda in the east, and south to westernmost DRC in the west and east-central DRC in the east.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. g. reichenowi
C. g. gabonensis

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Elliot's Woodpecker (Chloropicus elliotii)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout the Congo Basin and adjacent regions of central Africa, from southeast Nigeria, southwest Cameroon and Bioko Island in the west to northeast DRC, Uganda, western Rwanda and Burundi in the east, and south to northwest Angola in the west, and south-central DRC in the east.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. e. elliotii
C. e. johnstoni

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Little Grey Woodpecker (Chloropicus elachus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the central Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa, from central Mali in the west to west-central Sudan in the east, and south to northeast Nigeria; a disjunct population occurs in southwest Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Speckle-breasted Woodpecker (Chloropicus poecilolaemus)

The range of this species represents a highly-fragmented distribution throughout the northern Congo Basin and adjacent regions of central Africa; from southern Nigeria and central Cameroon in the west, through the Central African Republic and northeast DRC into southern South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda and western Kenya in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Cardinal Woodpecker (Chloropicus fuscescens)

The range of this species extends throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal and Guinea in the west to northeast Ethiopia and northern Somalia in the east, and south to the Western Cape; largely absent from the Congo Basin and adjacent regions of central Africa, barring coastal regions, and only patchily present in the Horn of Africa.

Nine subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. f. fuscescens
C. f. natalensis
C. f. centralis
C. f. hartlaubi
C. f. lafresnayi - photo by @Hix



C. f. sharpii
C. f. lepidus
C. f. massaicus
C. f. hemprichii

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Bearded Woodpecker (Chloropicus namaquus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of central and southern Africa, from the Central African Republic, southern Sudan and northern Ethiopia in the north to Swaziland and southeast South Africa in the south, and west into Angola and Namibia; absent from the Congo Basin, and largely absent from the Horn of Africa and much of Ethiopia.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. n. namaquus - photo by @Maguari



C. n. schoensis
C. n. coalescens


Fire-bellied Woodpecker (Chloropicus pyrrhogaster)

The range of this species extends throughout much of coastal West Africa, from Sierra Leone and southern Guinea in the west to southern Nigeria and southwest Cameroon in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Golden-crowned Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Congo Basin and adjacent regions of central Africa, from southeast Nigeria and southwest Cameroon in the west to central Uganda and western Kenya in the east, and south to northwest Angola in the west and south-central DRC in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Stierling's Woodpecker (Chloropicus stierling)

The range of this species is restricted to a small area of southern Tanzania and adjacent regions of southwest Malawi and easterrn Zambia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Brown-backed Woodpecker (Chloropicus obsoletus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west to eastern Sudan, northern Ethiopia and Eritrea in the east, and south to Sierra Leone in the west and south-central Kenya in the east, extending south from here into north-central Tanzania; a disjunct population occurs in coastal southeast Kenya.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. o. obsoletus
C. o. heuglini
C. o. ingens
C. o. crateri

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


African Grey Woodpecker (Chloropicus goertae)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa, from southwest Mauritania and Senegal in the west to southwest Eritrea, southeast Sudan and northeast Ethiopia in the east, and south to Sierra Leone in the west and the Albertine Rift of southwest Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and northwest Tanzania in the east; disjunct populations occur in Gabon, western DRC and northwest Angola, and in south-central DRC.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. g. abessinicus
C. g. goertae - photo by @Hix



C. g. meridionalis
C. g. koenigi


Mountain Grey Woodpecker (Chloropicus spodocephalus)

The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations in eastern Africa; throughout central and southwest Ethiopia and immediately-adjacent regions of southeast South Sudan; and from central Kenya in the north to north-central Tanzania in the south.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. s. rhodeogaster
C. s. spodocephalus

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Olive Woodpecker (Chloropicus griseocephalus)

The range of this species represents a pair of patchily-distributed populations in southern and eastern Africa; through the Albertine Rift of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi and adjacent regions of southeast DRC and southwest Tanzania into Zambia, and from here west into southern DRC and Angola; and throughout northeast South Africa and adjacent regions of southern Mozambique and Swaziland into southeast South Africa and eastern Lesotho, as far south as the Western Cape.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. g. ruwenzori
C. g. kilimensis
C. g. griseocephalus

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.
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Dendrocopos


Rufous-bellied Woodpecker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus)

The range of this species extends from northeast Pakistan in the west, throughout the Himalayas of northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and northern Myanmar, to south-central China in the east, and patchily south from here into Indochina; a disjunct summer breeding population exists in northeast China and the Russian Far East, with this population wintering in southeast China and adjacent northern Vietnam.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. h. marshalli
D. h. hyperythrus
D. h. annamensis
D. h. subrufinus

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei)

The range of this species extends from the extreme northeast of Pakistan in the west, throughout the Himalayas to Assam and northern Myanmar in the east, and south from here throughout Bangladesh and northeast Peninsular India.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. m. westermani
D. m. macei

There are currently no photographs of this taxon in the Zoochat gallery.


Freckle-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos analis)

The range of this species extends in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout southeast Asia; in the Andaman Islands; patchily throughout Indochina; and in southern Sumatra, Java and Bali.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. a. longipennis
D. a. andamanensis
D. a. analis - photo by @Hix




Stripe-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus)

The range of this species represents a patchy and highly-fragmented distribution throughout northern and eastern Indochina, with disjunct populations occurring in Bhutan, north-east India and possible south-central Bangladesh.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Okinawa Woodpecker (Dendrocopos noguchii)

Endemic to Okinawa in the southern Ryukyu Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs depicting a living individual of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout much of northern Eurasia, from Scandinavia, eastern Europe and the Balkans in the west, throughout the Caucasus, Central Asia and Siberia to the Russian Far East, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and northeast China in the east; scattered disjunct populations occur in the Pyrenees, central Europe, southeast China and Taiwan.

Twelve subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. l. lilfordi
D. l. leucotos - photo by @TheoV



D. l. tangi
D. l. uralensis
D. l. fohkiensis
D. l. insularis
D. l. subcirris
D. l. stejnegeri
D. l. namiyei
D. l. takahashii
D. l. quelpartensis
D. l. owstonii


Darjeeling Woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the Himalayas from west-central Nepal and adjacent regions of southern Tibet in the west, through northeast India and northern Myanmar into south-central China in the east, and from here south into northwest Vietnam.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Chlidonias




Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Eurasia; from Great Britain, Scandinavia, the Iberian Peninsula and northwest Africa - including the Canary Islands - in the west, throughout Europe, the Caucasus and Siberia to the Russian Far East, Japan and the Korean Peninsula in the east, and south from here throughout eastern and central China; patchily-distributed populations occur on the fringes of this range in northern Indochina, Hainan and Turkey.

Fourteen subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. m. major - photos by @Daniel Sörensen



D. m. brevirostris
D. m. kamtschaticus
D. m. pinetorum - photo by @Benosaurus



D. m. hispanus
D. m. harterti
D. m. canariensis - photo by @Vision



D. m. thanneri
D. m. mauritanus
D. m. numidus
D. m. poelzami
D. m. japonicus
D. m. stresemanni
D. m, cabanisi


White-winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)

The range of this species extends throughout south-central Kazakhstan and adjacent regions of Central Asia and northwest China, as far south as northwest Afghanistan; largely absent from the Tien Shan range.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis)

The range of this species extends throughout the western Himalayas, from northeast Afghanistan and adjacent regions of northern Pakistan in the west to western Nepal in the east.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. h. albescens
D. h. himalayensis

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)

The range of this species extends patchily from northwest Croatia, eastern Austria and south-central Poland in the west, throughout eastern Europe and the Balkans into southwest Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey and the Middle East, to central and southern Iran in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Sind Woodpecker (Dendrocopos assimilis)

The range of this species represents a patchy distribution of disjunct populations in southwest Asia; throughout southeast Iran and immediately adjacent regions of extreme southwest Pakistan; in west-central Pakistan and perhaps immediately-adjacent regions of southeast Afghanistan; and throughout southern and eastern Pakistan and adjacent regions of northwest India.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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