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

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Dryobates


Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Eurasia; from Great Britain, Scandinavia and the Iberian Peninsula in the west, throughout Europe, the Caucasus and Siberia to the Russian Far East, northeast China and northern Japan in the east; only patchily present throughout the western portion of this range. A disjunct population occurs in northeast Algeria and immediately-adjacent northwest Tunisia.

Eleven subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. m. minor
D. m. kamtschatkensis
D. m. amurensis
D. m. comminutus
D. m. hortulorum - photo by @LaughingDove

D. m. buturlini
D. m. ledouci
D. m. danfordi
D. m. colchicus
D. m. quadrifasciatus
D. m. morgani


Crimson-breasted Woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius)

The range of this species extends through the Himalayas from west-central Nepal in the west, through Bhutan, southern Tibet and northeast India, to northern Myanmar in the east, and from here throughout much of south-central China and northern Indochina.

Six subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. c. cathpharius
D. c. ludlowi
D. c. pyrrhothorax
D. c. tenebrosus
D. c. pernyii
D. c. innixus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

The range of this species extends throughout much of North America south of the tundra, from west-central Alaska in the west to Labrador and Newfoundland in the east, and south to west-central California in the west, through the Caribbean coastline of the USA to southern Florida in the east.

Six subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. p. pubescens - photo by @Ituri

D. p. medianus - photo by @Ituri

D. p. leucurus - photo by @Ituri

D. p. glacialis
D. p. gairdnerii
D. p. turati - photo by @Great Argus

Nuttall's Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)

The range of this species extends throughout the woodlands of western and central California, and south into northwest Baja California.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Great Argus

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)

The range of this species extends throughout southwest North America, from southwest California, southern Nevada and southeast Colorado in the north, through the southwest USA, Baja California and Mexico, to the northern Yucatan Peninsula and southernmost Mexico in the south; a disjunct population occurs on the Gulf slope of Central America from Belize to northeast Nicaragua.

Nine subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. s. cactophilus - photo by @Arizona Docent

D. s. eremicus
D. s. lucasanus
D. s. soulei
D. s. graysoni
D. s. sinaloensis
D. s. scalaris
D. s. parvus - photo by @vogelcommando

D. s. leucoptilurus


Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Dryobates borealis)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout the southeast United States, from southeast Virginia in the north to southern Florida in the south, and west to east-central Texas and southeast Oklahoma.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @d1am0ndback

Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of North America south of the treeline in the far north, from north-central Alaska in the west to Labrador and Newfoundland in the east, and south to south-central California in the west to southern Florida in the east, extending patchily further south through the mountains of Mexico and Central America as far south as the highlands of western Panama; largely absent in the arid southwest of the USA and adjacent regions of north-central Mexico. Disjunct populations occur on the Bahamas.

Fifteen subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. v. septentrionalis
D. v. villosus - photo by @Ituri

D. v. audubonii
D. v. terraenovae
D. v. piger
D. v. maynardi
D. v. leucothorectis - photo by @Arizona Docent

D. v. picoideus
D. v. harrisi
D. v. hycloscopus
D. v. orius - photo by @Ituri

D. v. icastus - photo by @Arizona Docent

D. v. jardinii
D. v. sanctorum
D. v. extimus

 

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White-headed Woodpecker (Dryobates albolarvatus)

The range of this species extends in a patchy and fragmented distribution throughout the mountains of western North America, from south-central British Columbia in the north to southern California in the south.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. a. albolarvatus - photo by @Great Argus

D. a. gravirostris


Smoky-brown Woodpecker (Dryobates fumigatus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout Central America from southeast Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula in the north to eastern Panama in the south, and from here throughout the Colombian Andes, extending north from here into western Venezuela and south through the Andes to northwest Argentina.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

L. f. oleagineus
L. f. sanguinolentus
L. f. reichenbachi
L. f. fumigatus
L. f. obscuratus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Strickland's Woodpecker (Dryobates stricklandi)

The range of this species is restricted to a small region of eastern Mexico, close to Mexico City.

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


Arizona Woodpecker (Dryobates arizonae)

The range of this species extends from the extreme southeast of Arizona and extreme southwest of New Mexico in the north, throughout the Sierra Madre Occidental of western Mexico to south-central Mexico in the south.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. a. arizonae - photo by @Arizona Docent

D. a. fraterculus


Red-rumped Woodpecker (Dryobates kirkii)

The range of this species extends from southern Costa Rica, through Panama into northwestern Colombia, and from here patchily east into northern Venezeula, Trinidad and Tobago, and northwest Guyana, and south along the Pacific slope to western Ecuador and the extreme northwest of Peru.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. k. neglectus
D. k. cecilii
D. k. continentalis
D. k. kirkii
D. k. monticola

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Golden-collared Woodpecker (Dryobates cassini)

The range of this species extends from eastern Venezuela, through the Guyanas into northeast Brazil north of the Amazon River.

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


White-spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates spilogaster)

The range of this species extends throughout the Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil and Uruguay, and west into southeast Paraguay and northeast Argentina.

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


Checkered Woodpecker (Dryobates mixtus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of eastern and southern South America, from east-central Brazil in the north, through southern Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Paraguay and north-east Argentina to south-central Argentina in the south.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. m. mixtus
D. m. berlepschi
D. m. malleator
D. m. cancellatus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Striped Woodpecker (Dryobates lignarius)

The range of this species represents a pair of widely-disjunct populations in South America; throughout the Andes of southern Bolivia and immediately-adjacent regions of north-central Argentina; and throughout the lowlands of central and southern Chile and adjacent southwest Argentina.

Currently regarded as monotypic, although the northern population is currently being described as a distinct subspecies; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Blood-coloured Woodpecker (Dryobates sanguineus)

The range of this species is restricted to the coastal lowlands of the Guianas.

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


Little Woodpecker (Dryobates passerinus)

The range of this species extends throughout the vast majority of South America east of the Andes, from eastern Colombia, central Venezuela and the Guianas in the north to southeast Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina in the south; within this range, only absent from portions of coastal southeast Brazil.

Nine subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. p. modestus
D. p. fidelis
D. p. passerinus
D. p. diversus
D. p. agilis
D. p. insignis
D. p. tapajozensis
D. p. taenionotus
D. p. olivinus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Dot-fronted Woodpecker (Dryobates frontalis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the Andes from central Bolivia to northwest Argentina.

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


Scarlet-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates callonotus)

The range of this species is restricted to the Pacific coastline of northwest South America, from southwest Colombia in the north, through western Ecuador into northwest Peru in the south.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. c. callonotus
D. c. major

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Yellow-vented Woodpecker (Dryobates dignus)

The range of this species extends throughout both slopes of the Andes from the extreme southwest of Venezuela, throughout western and central Colombia into Ecuador and immediately-adjacent regions of northwest Peru on the east slope of the Andes; a disjunct population exists in east-central Peru on the east slope of the Andes.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. d. dignus
D. d. baezae
D. d. valdizani

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Bar-bellied Woodpecker (Dryobates nigriceps)

The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations; throughout the central Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and northwest Peru; and along the east slope of the Andes from north-central Peru in the north to central Bolivia in the south.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. n. equifasciatus
D. n. pectoralis
D. n. nigriceps

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Red-stained Woodpecker (Dryobates affinis)

The range of this species extends throughout the majority of the Amazon Basin and adjacent regions of northern South America east of the Andes, from south-central Colombia and southernmost Venezuela in the north to central Bolivia in the south, and east throughout Amazonian Brazil to the northeast coastline of Brazil; largely absent from regions north of the Amazon River. A disjunct population occurs along a narrow coastal strip of eastern Brazil.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. a. orenocensis
D. a. hilaris
D. a. ruficeps
D. a. affinis

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Choco Woodpecker (Dryobates chocoensis)

The range of this species is restricted to the Pacific coastline of western Colombia and immediately-adjacent regions of northwest Ecuador.

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


Yellow-eared Woodpecker (Dryobates maculifrons)

The range of this species is restricted to a small coastal region of the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.

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

Blythipicus


Maroon Woodpecker (Blythipicus rubiginosus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula, and into Sumatra and Borneo.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @LaughingDove

Bay Woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout much of southeast Asia, from central Nepal in the west, through northeast India, Bhutan, northern Myanmar and south-central China to southeast China in the east, and south into Indochina and the Malay Peninsula.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

B. p. pyrrhotis
B. p. sinensis
B. p. annamensis
B. p. hainanus
B. p. cameroni

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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[TeaLovingDave]

Reinwardtipicus


Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus)

The range of this species extends throughout Peninsular Malaysia, and into Sumatra, Borneo and western Java.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

R. v. xanthopygius - photo by @LaughingDove

R. v. validus
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[TeaLovingDave]

Chrysocolaptes


Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of southeast Asia, from northwest India and Nepal, through the Himalayas and coastal eastern India into Bangladesh, Assam and northern Myanmar, and south from here into Indochina and the Malay Peninsula; beyond here the species occurs patchily in several disjunct populations in Sumatra, western Java and northern Borneo, with another disjunct population occurring in the Western Ghats of Peninsular India.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. g. socialis
C. g. guttacristatus - photo by @LaughingDove

C. g. sultaneus
C. g. indomalayicus
C. g. andrewsi


Javan Flameback (Chrysocolaptes strictus)

The range of this species extends throughout eastern Java into Bali and the Kangean Islands.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. s. strictus
C. s. kangeanensis

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Luzon Flameback (Chrysocolaptes haematribon)

Endemic to Luzon and adjacent islands of the northern Philippines.

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


Yellow-faced Flameback (Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus)

Endemic to Panay, Negros and adjacent islands of the central Philippines.

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


Buff-spotted Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)

Endemic to Mindanao, Samar and adjacent islands of the southern and eastern Philippines.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. l. rufopunctatus
C. l. lucidus
C. l. montanus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Red-headed Flameback (Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus)

Endemic to Panay and adjacent islands of the western Philippines.

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


Crimson-backed Flameback (Chrysocolaptes stricklandi)

Endemic to Sri Lanka.

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


White-naped Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus)

The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations; throughout central and southern Peninsular India and into Sri Lanka; and throughout the Himalayas of north-central India and southern Nepal.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. f. festivus
C. f. tantus - photo by @ralph

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Campephilus


Powerful Woodpecker (Campephilus pollens)

The range of this species extends throughout the Andes from southwest Venezuela and adjacent north-central Colombia in the north to central Peru in the south.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. p. pollens
C. p. peruvianus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Crimson-bellied Woodpecker (Campephilus haematogaster)

The range of this species extends throughout the Andes in a pair of disjunct populations; along the western slope of the Andes from eastern Panama and adjacent northwest Colombia in the north to northwest Ecuador in the south; and along the eastern slope of the Andes from north-central Colombia in the north to southern Peru in the south.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. h. splendens
C. h. haematogaster

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Red-necked Woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis)

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

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. r. rubricollis
C. r. trachelopyrus
C. r. olallae - photo by @Therabu

Robust Woodpecker (Campephilus robustus)

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil and adjacent regions of eastern Paraguay and northeast Argentina.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Therabu

Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos)

The range of this species extends from west-central Panama into northwest Colombia, and from here throughout much of South America east of the Andes, from Colombia in the west to the Guianas and northeast Brazil in the east, and south to northernmost Argentina and south-central Bolivia in the west and inland southeast Brazil in the east; within this range, the species is only absent from the southeast and east-central coastline of Brazil.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. m. malherbii
C. m. melanoleucos - photo by @devilfish

C. m. cearae


Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Central America, from the Pacific and Caribbean coastlines of northern Mexico in the north to western Panama in the south; largely absent from the arid interior of northern and central Mexico, and only patchily present in the highlands of southern Mexico and Central America.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. g. nelsoni
C. g. regius
C. g. guatemalensis - photo by @ralph

Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis)

The range of this species is restricted to the western slope of the Andes and adjacent coastal lowlands from southwest Colombia in the north to northwest Peru in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ronnienl

Cream-backed Woodpecker (Campephilus leucopogon)

The range of this species extends throughout much of south-central South America, from north-central Bolivia in the north, through northern Argentina and western Paraguay to north-central Argentina, the extreme northwest of Uruguay and adjacent extreme southeast of Brazil in the south.

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


Magellanic Woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus)

The range of this species extends from south-central Chile and southwest Argentina in the north to Tierra del Fuego and adjacent islands in the south.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @lintworm

Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)

Probably extinct; the historical range of this species extended throughout the southeast United States from central Oklahoma and east Texas in the west to South Carolina and southern Florida in the east, with patchily-distributed disjunct populations occurring on Cuba. The last certain sighting of the species took place in 1944 on the mainland, and in 1987 on Cuba.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. p. principalis
C. p. bairdii

No photographs depicting living individuals of this species exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis)

Almost certainly extinct; the historical range of this species extended throughout the
Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests of northwest and central Mexico. The last certain sighting of the species took place in 1956.

Monotypic; no photographs depicting living individuals of this species exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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[TeaLovingDave]

Micropternus


Rufous Woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of south-east Asia, from the Western Ghats, Sri Lanka and the Himalayas of north-central India and western Nepal in the west to southeast China and Hainan in the east, and south through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra, Borneo and western Java.

Ten subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. b. humei
M. b. jerdonii
M. b. phaioceps
M. b. fokiensis
M. b. annamensis
M. b. williamsoni
M. b. holroydi
M. b. badius
M. b. brachyurus
M. b. badiosus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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[TeaLovingDave]

Meiglyptes


Buff-necked Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tukki)

The range of this species extends in a highly-patchy and fragmented distribution throughout the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and adjacent islands within the Greater Sundas.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. t. tukki - photo by @LaughingDove

M. t. percnerpes
M. t. batu
M. t. pulonis
M. t. infuscatus


Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis)

The range of this species extends in a highly-patchy and fragmented distribution from southern Myanmar throughout the Malay Peninsula, and from here into Sumatra, Borneo, Java and adjacent islands within the Greater Sundas.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. t. grammithorax - photo by @ronnienl

M. t. tristis


Black-and-buff Woodpecker (Meiglyptes jugularis)

The range of this species extends in a highly-patchy and fragmented distribution from northwest Myanmar throughout much of northern and eastern Indochina, and also south through Myanmar into the northernmost reaches of the Malay Peninsula.

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

Gecinulus


Pale-headed Woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia)

The range of this species extends in a patchy and highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout south-east Asia, from the eastern Himalayas of north-east India, easternmost Nepal, Bhutan and northern Myanmar into northern and eastern Indochina, with a pair of widely-disjunct populations in southeast China.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

G. g. grantia
G. g. indochinensis
G. g. viridanus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Bamboo Woodpecker (Gecinulus viridis)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout central and southern Myanmar into the Malay Peninsula, with disjunct populations occurring in east-central Thailand.

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

Dinopium


Olive-backed Woodpecker (Dinopium rafflesii)

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

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. r. rafflesii - photo by @ronnienl

D. r. dulitense


Himalayan Flameback (Dinopium shorii)

The range of this species extends in a patchy and fragmented distribution throughout the southern foothills of the Himalayas from north-central India and Nepal to Bhutan, Bangladesh, Assam and northwest Myanmar, and from here south throughout western Myanmar; scattered disjunct populations occur in the Eastern Ghats of Peninsular India.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. s. shorii
D. s. anguste

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense)

The range of this species extends throughout Indochina and immediately-adjacent regions of south-central China, and south through the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra, coastal regions of Borneo, Java and Bali; scattered disjunct populations occur in Bangladesh and the Western Ghats and adjacent regions of southwest India.

Six subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. j. malabaricum
D. j intermedium
D. j. javanense - photo by @Hix

D. j. raveni
D. j. borneonense
D. j. exsul - photo by @Vision

Spot-throated Flameback (Dinopium everetti)

Endemic to Palawan and adjacent islands of the western Philippines.

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


Black-rumped Flameback (Dinopium benghalense)

The range of this species extends throughout Peninsular India and adjacent regions of southeast Pakistan, Bangladesh and southern Nepal, and south into northern Sri Lanka.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. b. benghalense
D. b. dilutum
D. b. tehminae
D. b. puncticolle
D. b. jaffnense

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Red-backed Flameback (Dinopium psarodes)

Endemic to central and southern Sri Lanka.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Terry Thomas

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Picus


Lesser Yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of south-east Asia, from the Himalayas of northeast Pakistan and northwest India in the west, through Nepal, Assam and Bhutan into northern Myanmar, south-central China and Hainan in the east, and south throughout Indochina into Peninsular Thailand; disjunct populations occur in Peninsular India and Sri Lanka, south-east China, and Sumatra.

Nine subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. c. chlorolophus
P. c. simlae
P. c. annamensis
P. c. chlorigaster
P. c. wellsi
P. c. citrinocristatus
P. c. longipennis
P. c. rodgeri - photo by @LaughingDove

P. c. vanheysti


Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula, and into Sumatra, Borneo, Java and adjacent offshore islands of the Greater Sundas.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. p. observandus
P. p. soligae
P. p. puniceus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Streak-throated Woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus)

The range of this species extends patchily from northwest India, throughout the southern foothills of the Himalayas and adjacent regions of central India into Bangladesh, Assam and northern Myanmar, and south from here throughout western Myanmar into the northern reaches of the Malay Peninsula; disjunct populations occur in southern Peninsular India, Sri Lanka and south-central Indochina.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @ralph

Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus)

The range of this species extends in a patchy and fragmented distribution of disjunct populations in southwest and southern Asia; from southeast Turkmenistan and eastern Iran, throughout much of Afghanistan into western Pakistan; and throughout the Himalayas from northeast Afghanistan, through northern Pakistan and northwest India into western and central Nepal.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. s. squamatus
P. s. flavirostris

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Red-collared Woodpecker (Picus rabieri)

The range of this species extends in a patchy and fragmented distribution throughout northern and eastern Indochina and adjacent regions of southeast Asia, from southernmost China in the north to northeast Cambodia, southeast Laos and south-central Vietnam in the south.

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


Streak-breasted Woodpecker (Picus viridanus)

The range of this species extends from the extreme southwest of Bangladesh and adjacent regions of northwest Myanmar in the north, south throughout much of western Myanmar and Peninsular Thailand to northwest Peninsular Malaysia in the south.

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


Laced Woodpecker (Picus vittatus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of Indochina, and south to the northern reaches of the Malay Peninsula; disjunct populations occur in the southern reaches of Peninsular Malaysia, extending into eastern Sumatra and Java.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Chlidonias

Japanese Woodpecker (Picus awokera)

Endemic to the islands of central and southern Japan.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @devilfish

Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Eurasia, from central France, Germany and Scandinavia in the west, through central and eastern Europe, Siberia and northern Mongolia, to the Russian Far East, Korean Peninsula and northern Japan in the east, and from here south throughout eastern and central China into Indochina, the Himalayas as far west as northwest Pakistan, and eastern Peninsular India; disjunct populations occur patchily in Turkey, the southern Malay Peninsula and the highlands of Sumatra.

Eleven subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. c. canus - photo by @Maguari

P. c. jessoensis
P. c. guerini
P. c. sobrinus
P. c. tancolo
P. c. kogo
P. c. sordidior
P. c. hessei
P. c. sanguiniceps - photo by @Chlidonias

P. c. robinsoni
P. c. dedemi


Black-headed Woodpecker (Picus erythropygius)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout central and eastern Myanmar, through northwest Thailand into much of central and eastern Indochina.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. e. nigrigenis
P. e. erythropygius - photo by @Chlidonias

Levaillant's Woodpecker (Picus vaillantii)

Endemic to the Mahgreb of northwest Africa, from west-central and northwest Morocco to northern Tunisia.

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


Eurasian Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Europe and western Asia, from the British Isles, France and southern Scandinavia in the west to European Russia in the east, and to the south through Turkey and the Caucasus patchily into northeast Iraq and adjacent southwest Iran, northern Iran and southwest Turkmenistan.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. v. viridis - photo by @Maguari

P. v. karelini
P. v. innominatus


Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei)

Endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and the Pyrenees.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Maguari

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Chrysophlegma


Banded Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum)

The range of this species extends throughout southernmost Myanmar and the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra, Borneo, southwest Java and adjacent offshore islands of the Greater Sundas.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. m. perlutum
C. m. malaccense - photo by @Chlidonias

C. m. niasense
C. m. miniaceum


Greater Yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha)

The range of this species extends throughout much of southeast Asia, from the central Himalayas of north-central India and Nepal in the west to south-central China and Hainan in the east, and south throughout Indochina and the northern reaches of the Malay Peninsula; disjunct populations occur in southwest China, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra, and eastern Peninsular India.

Eight subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. f. flavinucha
C. f. kumaonense
C. f. ricketti
C. f. styani
C. f. pierrei
C. f. wrayi - photo by @devilfish

C. f. mystacale - photo by @Tomek

C. f. korinchi


Checker-throated Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma mentale)

The range of this species extends throughout southernmost Myanmar and the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra, Borneo, Java and adjacent offshore islands of the Greater Sundas.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. m. humii - photo by @LaughingDove

C. m. mentale
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[TeaLovingDave]

Geocolaptes


Ground Woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of southern and eastern South Africa, Lesotho and westernmost Swaziland.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Giant Eland

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Campethera


Brown-eared Woodpecker (Campethera caroli)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout coastal West Africa and the Congo Basin, from Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone in the west to southern South Sudan, Uganda and west-central Tanzania 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. c. arizela
C. c. caroli

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Buff-spotted Woodpecker (Campethera nivosa)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout coastal West Africa and the Congo Basin, from southwest Senegal, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau in the west to south-central Uganda and west-central Tanzania in the east, and south to northwest Angola in the west and central DRC in the east.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. n. nivosa
C. n. poensis
C. n. herberti

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Tullberg's Woodpecker (Campethera tullbergi)

The range of this species represents a number of highly-disjunct populations in West and Central Africa; throughout southeast Nigeria, adjacent regions of western Cameroon and Bioko Island; throughout the Albertine Rift of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, and adjacent regions of eastern DRC and west-central Tanzania; and throughout southwest and central Kenya, and immediately-adjacent regions of northern Tanzania.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. t. tullbergi
C. t. taeniolaema
C. t. hausburgi

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Little Green Woodpecker (Campethera maculosa)

The range of this species extends throughout coastal West Africa, from Senegal in the west to Ghana in the east.

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


Green-backed Woodpecker (Campethera cailliautii)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout much of coastal West Africa and into the Congo Basin and adjacent regions of central and eastern Africa, from eastern Ghana in the west to southern South Sudan and southwest Ethiopia in the east, and south to northern Angola in the west and southeast Mozambique in the east.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. c. permista
C. c. nyansae
C. c. cailliautii
C. c. loveridgei

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Nubian Woodpecker (Campethera nubica)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of eastern Africa, from northeast and central Sudan in the north, through South Sudan, Uganda and central Tanzania to southwest Tanzania in the south, and east into Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. n. nubica - photo by @Hix

C. n. pallida


Fine-spotted Woodpecker (Campethera punctuligera)

The range of this species extends throughout the Sahel and adjacent regions of sub-Saharan Africa, from southwest Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone in the west to south-central South Sudan and northeast DRC in the east.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. p. punctuligera
C. p. balia

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Bennett's Woodpecker (Campethera bennettii)

The range of this species extends throughout much of south-central Africa, from northern Angola in the west, through southern DRC and the Albertine Rift of Rwanda and Burundi to northwest Tanzania in the east, and south from here to central Namibia in the west, and northeast South Africa, Swaziland and southern Mozambique in the east.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. b. bennettii
C. b. capricorni

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Reichenow's Woodpecker (Campethera scriptoricauda)

The range of this species extends throughout coastal East Africa from northeast Tanzania in the north to east-central Mozambique in the south, and inland to southern Malawi, northwest Mozambique and south-central Tanzania.

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


Knysna Woodpecker (Campethera notata)

The range of this species is restricted to the extreme southern coastline of South Africa.

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


Golden-tailed Woodpecker (Campethera abingoni)

The range of this species extends in a fragmented and patchy distribution throughout much of central and southern Africa, from southwest South Sudan and adjacent regions of northeast DRC and western Uganda, south through the Albertine Rift into central and southern Tanzania and southern DRC, and from here west to Congo and northwest Angola, and south to Botswana, northern South Africa, Swaziland and southern Mozambique; several highly-disjunct populations are scattered throughout West Africa from Senegal and southern Mauritania in the west to Cameroon and the western Central African Republic in the east.

Six subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. a. chrysura
C. a. suahelica
C. a. abingoni
C. a. anderssoni
C. a. kavirondensis
C. a. constricta

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Mombasa Woodpecker (Campethera mombassica)

The range of this species is restricted to a tiny strip of coastal northeast Africa, from southernmost Somalia in the north to coastal northeast Tanzania in the south.

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

Mulleripicus


Ashy Woodpecker (Mulleripicus fulvus)

Endemic to Sulawesi and adjacent offshore islands of the Greater Sundas.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. f. fulvus
M. f. wallacei

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Northern Sooty-Woodpecker (Mulleripicus funebris)

Endemic to Luzon and adjacent offshore islands of the northern Philippines.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. f. funebris
M. f. mayri
M. f. parkesi

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Southern Sooty-Woodpecker (Mulleripicus fuliginosus)

Endemic to Mindanao, Samar and Leyte in the central and southeastern Philippines.

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


Great Slaty Woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of southeast Asia, from the eastern Himalayas of easternmost Nepal, Bhutan and northeast India into northern Myanmar, and south from here throughout Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into east-central Sumatra, Borneo and the southwest Philippines; disjunct populations occur in western Java and the western Himalayas of northwest India and western Nepal.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

M. p. harterti
M. p. pulverulentus

Photograph by @Goura

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Dryocopus


Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)

The range of this species extends from western and eastern Mexico in the north, throughout Central America to northwest Colombia in the south, and from here throughout South America east of the Andes as far south as northeast Argentina, eastern Paraguay and southeast Brazil; on the western slope of the Andes the range of the species extends as far south as southwest Ecuador and adjacent northwest Peru.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. l. scapularis
D. l. similis - photo by @ralph

D. l. lineatus - photo by @ralph

D. l. fuscipennis
D. l. erythrops


Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

The range of this species extends throughout southwest Canada into the western USA as far south as central California and north-central Idaho, and also throughout southern Canada to Nova Scotia, extending south throughout the eastern and central USA from Minnesota to Maine in the north, and eastern Texas to southern Florida in the south. Largely absent from south-central Canada.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. p. pileatus - photo by @Ituri

D. p. abieticola - photo by @Ding Lingwei

Black-bodied Woodpecker (Dryocopus schulzii)

Endemic to the Chaco and adjacent Andean foothills of southern Bolivia, west-central Paraguay and north-central Argentina.

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


White-bellied Woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout southeast Asia, from northern Myanmar and adjacent south-central China in the north, through central and southern Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, to Sumatra and Java in the south, and east from here into Borneo and the Philippines; disjunct populations occur in the Western Ghats and east-central lowlands of Peninsular India.

Fifteen subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. j. hodgsonii
D. j. richardsi
D. j. forresti
D. j. feddeni
D. j. javensis - photo by @LaughingDove

D. j. parvus
D. j. hargitti
D. j. confusus
D. j. esthloterus
D. j. pectoralis
D. j. multilunatus
D. j. suluensis
D. j. philippinensis - photo by @Nick@Amsterdam

D. j. cebuensis - probably extinct
D. j. mindorensis


Andaman Woodpecker (Dryocopus hodgei)

Endemic to the Andaman Islands.

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


Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)

The range of this species extends throughout much of northern Eurasia, from the Pyrenees, Netherlands and Scandinavia in the west, through central and eastern Europe into Siberia and immediately-adjacent regions of Central Asia, to the Russian Far East, northeast China, northern Japan and the northern Korean Peninsula in the east; disjunct populations occur in the Caucasus and northern Iran, and in south-central China.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

D. m. martius - photo by @Glutton

D. m. khamensis
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[TeaLovingDave]

Celeus


Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus)

The range of this species extends from southernmost Nicaragua, through the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and Panama into northern and northwestern Colombia, and from here south to northwestern Ecuador.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. l. diversus
C. l. mentalis
C. l. loricatus
C. l. innotatus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Ringed Woodpecker (Celeus torquatus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Amazon Basin and adjacent regions of northern and central South America east of the Andes, from southeast Colombia, throughout Venezuela and the Guianas to northern Brazil, and south along the Andes to eastern Peru and northern Bolivia, extending east throughout western and central Amazonian Brazil; a disjunct population is present in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. t. torquatus
C. t. occidentalis
C. t. tinnunculus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Helmeted Woodpecker (Celeus galeatus)

The range of this species is restricted to a small patch of southern Brazil, extending into adjacent regions of eastern Paraguay and the extreme northeast of Argentina.

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


Chestnut-coloured Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Caribbean coastline of Central America, from southern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula in the north to the extreme northwest of Panama in the south.

Monotypic.

Photograph by @Maguari

Scale-breasted Woodpecker (Celeus grammicus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the Amazon Basin and adjacent regions of South America east of the Andes, from south-central Colombia in the north, through Peru and eastern Ecuador into northern Bolivia in the south, and east into Amazonian Brazil south of the Amazon and west of the Rio Negro, and also south-central Venezuela; a disjunct population is present in French Guiana and immediately-adjacent regions of extreme northern Brazil.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. g. grammicus
C. g. verreauxii
C. g. subcervinus
C. g. latifasciatus - photo by @devilfish

Waved Woodpecker (Celeus undatus)

The range of this species extends throughout eastern Venezeula and the Guianas, and into Amazonian Brazil north of the Amazon and east of the Rio Negro, and into coastal northeast Brazil south of the Amazon.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. u. undatus
C. u. amacurensis
C. u. multifasciatus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Cream-coloured Woodpecker (Celeus flavus)

The range of this species extends throughout the much of the Amazon Basin and adjacent regions of northern and central South America east of the Andes, from eastern Colombia and southwest Venezeula in the north, through eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru to northern and central Bolivia in the south, and east from here throughout Amazonian Brazil south of the Amazon and adjacent areas of south-central Brazil to the northeast coastline of Brazil; from here populations extend along the coastline of northern Brazil and the Guianas to coastal northeast Venezeula. A disjunct population is present in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. f. flavus - photo by @ronnienl

C. f. peruvianus
C. f. subflavus
C. f. tectricialis


Rufous-headed Woodpecker (Celeus spectabilis)

The range of this species extends throughout the humid forests of the westernmost reaches of the Amazon Basin, from northeast Ecuador in the north, through northern and eastern Peru and westernmost Brazil into north-western and north-central Bolivia in the south.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. s. spectabilis
C. s. exsul

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Kaempfer's Woodpecker (Celeus obrieni)

Endemic to the woodlands of east-central Brazil.

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


Ochre-backed Woodpecker (Celeus ochraceus)

The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations in Brazil; along a short stretch south of the Amazon in northeast Brazil; and throughout the woodlands of east-central and eastern Brazil.

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


Chestnut Woodpecker (Celeus elegans)

The range of this species extends throughout the Amazon Basin and adjacent regions of northern and central South America, from central Colombia in the north, south along the eastern slope of the Andes through eastern Ecuador, Peru and western Brazil into northern and north-central Bolivia, and east from here throughout southern Venezuel into the Guianas and northeastern Brazil in the north, and throughout Amazonian Brazil to west-central Brazil in the south.

Six subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. e. leotaudi
C. e. hellmayri
C. e. deltanus
C. e. elegans
C. e. jumanus
C. e. citreopygius

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris)

The range of this species extends throughout a small region of south-central South America east of the Andes, from central and eastern Bolivia into the Brazilian Pantanal, and south from here through central Paraguay into the extreme northeast of Argentina.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. l. olrogi
C. l. lugubris
C. l. kerri

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens)

The range of this species extends throughout much of east-central Brazil, and south into eastern Paraguay, northeast Argentina and southeast Brazil.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. f. intercedens - photo by @Therabu

C. f. flavescens
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[TeaLovingDave]

Piculus


Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the humide forests of Central America, from eastern Honduras in the north to the Caribbean northwest of Panama in the south.

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


Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker (Piculus callopterus)

The range of this species represents a highly-fragmented and patchy distribution of disjunct populations throughout the humid foothills of Panama.

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


White-throated Woodpecker (Piculus leucolaemus)

The range of this species extends in a highly-fragmented and patchy distribution of disjunct populations throughout the western Amazon Basin; along the eastern slope of the Andes from southwest Colombia in the north, through eastern Ecuador, central Peru and extreme western Brazil to northwest and central Bolivia in the south; in northeast Bolivia and immediately-adjacent western Brazil; and in central Amazonian Brazil.

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


Lita Woodpecker (Piculus litae)

The range of this species extends throughout the Pacific lowlands and Andean foothills of western Colombia and northwest Ecuador.

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


Yellow-throated Woodpecker (Piculus flavigula)

The range of this species extends throughout the Amazon Basin and adjacent regions of northern and central South America, from south-central Colombia in the north, south along the eastern slope of the Andes through eastern Ecuador, Peru and western Brazil into the extreme northwest of Bolivia, and east from here throughout Amazonian Brazil, Venezuela and the Guianas to south-central and northeast Brazil; a disjunct population is present throughout the Atlantic Forest of coastal eastern Brazil.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. f. flavigula
P. f. magnus
P. f. erythropis

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Golden-green Woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros)

The range of this species extends throughout the Amazon Basin and adjacent areas of northern and central South America east of the Andes, from southeast Colombia and easternmost Ecuador in the north, through eastern Peru and western Brazil to northwest and north-central Bolivia in south, and from here east throughout southern Venezuela, the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil to northeast and eastern Brazil, and south from eastern Bolivia through western and central Paraguay into north-central Argentina; disjunct populations are present in easternmost Panama, northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela; and a narrow strip of the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.

Six subspecies are currently recognised as follows:

P. c. xanthochlorus
P. c. capistratus
P. c. paraensis
P. c. laemostictus
P. c. chrysochloros
P. c. polyzonus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


White-browed Woodpecker (Piculus aurulentus)

The range of this species extends throughout southeast Brazil and adjacent regions of eastern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina and the extreme north of Uruguay.

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

Colaptes


Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)

The range of this species extends from eastern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula, throughout the mountains of Central America into the Andes of northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela, and from here south throughout the Andes to northwest Peru on the western slope and northwest Argentina on the eastern slope, and east through northern Venezuela into the Guianas and immediately-adjacent regions of northern Amazonian Brazil.

Nineteen subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. r. aeruginosus
C. r. yucatanensis - photo by @ralph

C. r. buenavistae
C. r. guianae
C. r. paraquensis
C. r. rubiginosus
C. r. viridissimus
C. r. gularis
C. r. chrysogaster
C. r. tucumanus
C. r. alleni
C. r. tobagensis
C. r. trinitatis
C. r. meridensis
C. r. deltanus
C. r. nigriceps
C. r. coloratus
C. r. canipileus
C. r. rubripileus


Grey-crowned Woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis)

Endemic to the Pacific slope of western Mexico, from southern Sonora to southern Oaxaca.

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


Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (Colaptes rivolii)

The range of this species extends throughout the Andes on both slopes, from northernmost Colombia and northwest Venezuela in the north to northwest Peru on the western slope, and central Bolivia on the eastern slope.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. r. rivolii
C. r. brevirostris
C. r. quindiuna
C. r. meridae
C. r. atriceps

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Black-necked Woodpecker (Colaptes atricollis)

Endemic to the western slope of the Peruvian Andes.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. a. atricollis
C. a. peruvianus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)

The range of this species extends throughout much of northern and central South America east of the Andes, from northwest Colombia in the north to central Bolivia in the south, and east into western Amazonian Brazil, northern Venezuela and the coastal Guianas, and along the Amazon to northeast Brazil.

Six subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. p. ujhelyii
C. p. striatigularis
C. p. zuliae
C. p. punctipectus
C. p. punctigula
C. p. guttatus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros)

The range of this species extends throughout eastern and southern Brazil, west through Paraguay and eastern Bolivia to the Andes, and south throughout northern and central Argentina; a disjunct population is present in northeast Brazil.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. m. melanochloros
C. m. nattereri - photo by @Therabu

C. m. melanolaimus
C. m. leucofrenatus
C. m. nigroviridis - photo by @devilfish

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Summer breeding populations of this species extend throughout much of North and Central America, from northwest Alaska in the west, throughout northern Canada south of the treeline to Newfoundland and Labrador in the east, and south throughout Canada and the USA to northern Baja California in the west and southern Florida in the east; wintering populations occur from southwest Canada in the west to Nova Scotia in the east, and south throughout the USA into north-central Mexico. Resident populations occur patchily further south throughout the mountains of Mexico and Central America to north-central Honduras, and also on Cuba and Grand Cayman.

Nine subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. a. chrysocaulosus
C. a. gundlachi
C. a. auratus
C. a. luteus - photo by @Ituri

C. a. cafer - photo by @Ituri

C. a. collaris - photo by @Great Argus

C. a. rufipileus
C. a. mexicanus
C. a. mexicanoides


Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)

Endemic to the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona, Baja California and northwest Mexico, extending into easternmost California.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. c. chrysoides
C. c. brunnescens
C. c. mearnsi - photo by @Arizona Docent

C. c. tenebrosus


Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae)

Endemic to Cuba; highly-localised and patchily distributed.

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


Chilean Flicker (Colaptes pitius)

Endemic to the coastal forests of central and southern Chile, and immediately-adjacent southwest Argentina.

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


Andean Flicker (Colaptes rupicola)

The range of this species extends throughout the high-altitude grasslands of the Andes, from extreme southern Ecuador and northwest Peru in the north, to north-west Argentina and northeast Chile in the south.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. r. cinereicapillus
C. r. puna
C. r. rupicola - photo by @devilfish

Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris)

The range of this species extends throughout eastern and southern Brazil, south into Uruguay and eastern Argentina, and west into Paraguay and northern Bolivia.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

C. c. campestris - photo by @Therabu

C. c. campestroides
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[TeaLovingDave]

INDICATORIDAE


This family comprises 4 extant genera:

Prodotiscus - Cassin's Honeyguide and allies (3 species)

Melignomon - Zenker's Honeyguide and Yellow-footed Honeyguide (2 species)

Indicator - Greater Honeyguide and allies (11 species)

Melichneutes - Lyre-tailed Honeyguide (monotypic)
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