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Melanerpes Woodpeckers
Melanerpes
Melanerpes is a genus of woodpeckers of the family Picidae found in the New World. It is included in the tribe Dendropicini and contains 24 species. Members of the genus are mostly colourful birds, conspicuously barred in black and white, with some red and yellow.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 23 known species
Red-bellied Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes carolinus
Acorn Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes formicivorus
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes aurifrons
Red-headed Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes erythrocephalus
Gila Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes uropygialis
Red-crowned Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes rubricapillus
Lewis's Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes lewis
Golden-cheeked Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes chrysogenys
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes pucherani
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes hoffmannii
White Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes candidus
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes cruentatus
Yucatán Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes pygmaeus
White-fronted Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes cactorum
Yellow-fronted Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes flavifrons
Hispaniolan Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes striatus
Gray-breasted Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes hypopolius
Puerto Rican Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes portoricensis
Golden-naped Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes chrysauchen
West Indian Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes superciliaris
Jamaican Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes radiolatus
Guadeloupe Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes herminieri
Beautiful Woodpecker
speciesMelanerpes pulcher
Golden-fronted × Red-bellied Woodpecker
hybridMelanerpes aurifrons × carolinus
Hoffmann's × Red-crowned Woodpecker
hybridMelanerpes hoffmannii × rubricapillus
Black-cheeked × Hoffmann's Woodpecker
hybridMelanerpes pucherani × hoffmannii
Golden-fronted × Hoffmann's Woodpecker
hybridMelanerpes aurifrons × hoffmannii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 18158.