Woodpeckers
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.
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Golden-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys (E)
- Gray-breasted Woodpecker Melanerpes hypopolius (E)
- Yucatan Woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii
- Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens (A)
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
- Arizona Woodpecker Picoides arizonae
- Strickland's Woodpecker Picoides stricklandi (E)
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Gray-crowned Woodpecker Colaptes auricularis (E)
- Bronze-winged Woodpecker Colaptes aeruginosus (E)
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Imperial Woodpecker Campephilus imperialis (E)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Mexico