Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)

Species on page - 15 species in 8 genera depicted (out of around 240 species in 35 genera)

Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

Piliated woodpecker (Hylatomus pileatus)

Ladder-backed woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)

Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)

Hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)

Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus)

Chilean flicker (Colaptes pitius)

Campo flicker (Colaptes campestris)

Southern Andean flicker (Colaptes rupicola)

Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Golden-collared woodpecker (Veniliornis cassini)

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)

Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-bellied

Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
near Parent's house
Hollywood, Florida
April 1, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Green Cay, Florida
May 11, 2021
Canon R5

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Littlefield Building
Stanford
March 26, 2017
Canon 7DmarkII

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Littlefield Building
Stanford
March 26, 2017
Canon 7DmarkII

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Littlefield Building
Stanford
March 26, 2017
Canon 7DmarkII

Acorny

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Chaminade, Santa Cruz
October 26, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae
Chaminade, Santa Cruz
October 26, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Suspicious drink

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae
Chaminade, Santa Cruz
October 26, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Arizona Cactus Garden
June 26, 2021
Canon R5

One woodpecker

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Stanford Quad
May 16, 2015

Two woodpeckers

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
May 16, 2015
Stanford Quad

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Stanford Dish
With Steve and Jill Wurzburg
May 12, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Acorny

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Stanford Dish
With Steve and Jill Wurzburg
May 12, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

A corny flight

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae
Alum Rock State Park
January 12, 2020
Canon 7dmark2

Acorn

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Wunderlich Park
July 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Point Reyes
August 24, 2021
Canon R5

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Stanford Dish
July 25, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Woodpecker heaven

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Año Nuevo 2010

Ladder-backed woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)

Woodpecker profiled

Ladder-backed woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Stanford Quad
June 1, 2015

Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Downy

Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) female
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Great swamp
New Jersey
January 3, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Nuttall's Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)

Nutty

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Arizona Cactus Garden
April 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Arizona Cactus Garden
April 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Arizona Cactus Garden
April 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Arizona Cactus Garden
April 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Arizona Cactus Garden
April 23, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Arizona Cactus Garden
April 23, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Nutty

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Alum Rock State Park
January 12, 2020
Canon 7dmark2

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Alum Rock State Park
January 12, 2020
Canon 7dmark2

Tree gone nuttall

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Cinnamomum camphora
Family: Lauraceae
My yard
June 1, 2021
Canon R5

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
My yard
March 30, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Nuttall's with suet morsel

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Arcadia Place
April 6, 2025
Canon R5

Nuttall's

Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Arcadia Place
April 3, 2025
Canon R5

Hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)

Hairy woodpecker

Hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Filoli
May 17, 2025
Canon R5

Piliated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Piliated woodpecker

Piliated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Crystal River, Florida
April 29, 2015

Pecker

Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Photographing Nature course
Wunderlich Park
November 2, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Piliated woodpecker

Piliated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Crystal River, Florida
April 29, 2015

Pileated

Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Photographing Nature course
Wunderlich Park
November 2, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Magellanic Woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus)

When puns just won't do

Magellanic Woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Tierra del Fuego National Park
Argentina
December 20, 2013

Chilean flicker

Flicker? I don't even know her.
Chilean flicker
(Colaptes pitius)

Chilean flicker (Colaptes pitius)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Patagonia

Campo flicker (Colaptes campestris)

Campo flicker (Colaptes campestris)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Pantanal, Brazil
August, 2014

Southern Andean flicker (Colaptes rupicola)

Flicker

Southern Andean flicker (Colaptes rupicola)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Libertador
Lake Titicaca, Peru
July 12, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Flicker of hope

Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
March 20, 2023
Canon R5

Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
January 14, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Family: Picidae (woodpeckers)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
January 14, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Golden-collared woodpecker (Veniliornis cassini)

Golden-collared woodpecker (Veniliornis cassini)
August, 2014

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

Spotting the great

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
"Altar of Earth and Harvests" Park
Beijing
May 9, 2017
Canon rebel T5i

Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)

Hairy

Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
Family: Picidae
Bioblitz
Coyote Creek
November 4, 2018 Friday
Canon 7Dmark2