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Picidae · 28 species

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28 species

Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusWoodpeckers
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWoodpeckers
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeWoodpeckers
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWoodpeckers
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWoodpeckers
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisWoodpeckers
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisWoodpeckers
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesWoodpeckers
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsWoodpeckers
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWoodpeckers
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWoodpeckers
Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalisWoodpeckers
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisWoodpeckers
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWoodpeckers
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWoodpeckers
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusWoodpeckers
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWoodpeckers
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttalliiWoodpeckers
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWoodpeckers
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWoodpeckers
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberWoodpeckers
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisWoodpeckers
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusWoodpeckers
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWoodpeckers
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusWoodpeckers
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusWoodpeckers
WryneckJynx torquillaWoodpeckers
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWoodpeckers

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