Picidae: The Woodpeckers

Ethan has documented 64 out of 233 Woodpeckers. 

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus (Greater Flameback)

Dinopium benghalense (Black-Rumped Flameback)

Dinopium javanense (Common Flameback)

Dinopium everetti (Spot-Throated Flameback)

Dinopium rafflesii (Olive-Backed Woodpecker)

This guy is probably going to be kicked out of his genus soon.

Blythipicus pyrrhotis (Bay Woodpecker)

One of Ethan’s classic foes from Asia. Here is the photograph that he finally captured on his 6th encounter with its “maniacal” laughter

Blythipicus rubiginosus (Maroon Woodpecker)

Dryobates fumigatus (Smokey-Brown Woodpecker)

Maybe it’s the name or maybe it’s something else but Ethan has always had a strange compulsion to eat this woodpecker. 

Jynx torquilla (Eurasian Wryneck)

Melanerpes hoffmannii (Hoffman’s Woodpecker)

Celeus castaneus (Chestnut-Colored Woodpecker)

Cool but rude.

Micropternus brachyurus (Rufous Woodpecker)

Hemicircus canente (Heart-Spotted Woodpecker)

Picumnus innominatus (Speckled Piculet)

Sasia ochracea (White-Browed Piculet)

 

Chrysophlegma flavinucha (Greater Yellownape)

Picus chlorolophus (Lesser Yellownape)

Picus erythropygius (Black-Headed Woodpecker)

Dendrocopos macei (Fulvous-Breasted Woodpecker)

Dendrocopos leucopterus (White-Winged Woodpecker)

Dendrocopos atratus (Stripe-Breasted Woodpecker)

Dendrocopos noguchii (Okinawa Woodpecker)

Dendrocopos leucotos (White-Backed Woodpecker)

Picus canus (Grey-Headed Woodpecker)

Picus xanthopygaeus (Streak-Throated Woodpecker)

Picus awokera (Japanese Woodpecker)

Melanerpes chrysogenys (Golden-Cheeked Woodpecker)

Melanerpes pygmaeus (Yucatan Woodpecker)

Melanerpes carolinus (Red-Bellied Woodpecker)

Melanerpes uropygialis (Gila Woodpecker)

Colaptes auratus (Northern Flicker)

Sphyrapicus ruber (Red-Breasted Sapsucker)

Sphyrapicus nuchalis (Red-Naped Sapsucker)

Dryobates cathpharius (Crimson-Breasted Woodpecker)

Dryobates pernyii (Necklaced Woodpecker)

Dendrocopos darjellensis (Darjeeling Woodpecker)

Yungipicus nanus (Brown-Capped Pygmy Woodpecker)

Yikes

Yungipicus kizuki (Japanese Pigmy Woodpecker)

Yungipicus moluccensis (Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker)

Yungipicus temminckii (Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker)

Yungipicus maculatus (Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker)

Dendrocopos analis (Freckle-Breasted Woodpecker)

Dryobates scalaris (Ladder-Backed Woodpecker)

Melanerpes formicivorus (Acorn Woodpecker)

Picoides pubescens (Downy Woodpecker)

Leuconotopicus villosus (Hairy Woodpecker)

Picoides nuttallii (Nuttall’s Woodpecker)

Dendrocopos major (Greater Spotted Woodpecker)

Piculus simplex (Rufous-Winged Woodpecker)

Dryocopus javensis (White-Bellied Woodpecker)

Dryocopus lineatus (Lineated Woodpecker)

Hemicircus concretus (Gray-and-Buff Woodpecker)

Reinwardtipicus validus (Orange-Backed Woodpecker)

Picus puniceus (Crimson-Winged Woodpecker)

Chrysophlegma mentale (Checker-Throated Woodpecker)

Chrysophlegma miniaceum (Banded Woodpecker)

Chrysocolaptes lucidus (Buff-Spotted Flameback)

Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus (Yellow-Faced Flameback)

Chrysocolaptes haematribon (Luzon Flameback)

Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus (Red-Headed Flameback)

Meiglyptes tukki (Buff-Necked Woodpecker)

Mulleripicus funebris (Northern Sooty-Woodpecker)

Mulleripicus fulvus (Ashy Woodpecker)

Mulleripicus pulverulentus (Great Slaty Woodpecker)