Woodpeckers and Allies
Order: Piciformes. Family: Picidae
Woodpeckers are small to medium sized birds with chisel like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward, and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. There are 30 species which have been recorded in Venezuela.
- Orinoco Piculet Picumnus pumilus
- Golden-spangled Piculet Picumnus exilis
- Black-spotted Piculet Picumnus nigropunctatus (E)
- Scaled Piculet Picumnus squamulatus
- White-bellied Piculet Picumnus spilogaster
- Rufous-breasted Piculet Picumnus rufiventris
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Chestnut Piculet Picumnus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Yellow-vented Woodpecker Veniliornis dignus
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
- Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus
- Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
- Golden-collared Woodpecker Veniliornis cassini
- Red-stained Woodpecker Veniliornis affinis
- Yellow-throated Woodpecker Piculus flavigula
- Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
- Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus rivolii
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
- Scaly-breasted Woodpecker Celeus grammicus
- Waved Woodpecker Celeus undatus
- Chestnut Woodpecker Celeus elegans
- Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus
- Ringed Woodpecker Celeus torquatus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens
- Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
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