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.
- Bar-breasted Piculet Picumnus aurifrons
- White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus
- Ocellated Piculet Picumnus dorbignyanus
- White-wedged Piculet Picumnus albosquamatus
- Rusty-necked Piculet Picumnus fuscus
- Rufous-breasted Piculet Picumnus rufiventris
- White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
- Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus
- White-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum
- Striped Woodpecker Picoides lignarius
- Checkered Woodpecker Picoides mixtus
- Bar-bellied Woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
- Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus
- Dot-fronted Woodpecker Veniliornis frontalis
- Red-stained Woodpecker Veniliornis affinis
- White-throated Woodpecker Piculus leucolaemus
- 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
- Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
- Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola
- Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris
- Scaly-breasted Woodpecker Celeus grammicus
- Chestnut Woodpecker Celeus elegans
- Pale-crested Woodpecker Celeus lugubris
- Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus
- Rufous-headed Woodpecker Celeus spectabilis
- Ringed Woodpecker Celeus torquatus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Black-bodied Woodpecker Dryocopus schulzi
- Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster
- Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon
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