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.
- White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus
- Ocellated Piculet Picumnus dorbignyanus
- Ochre-collared Piculet Picumnus temminckii
- Mottled Piculet Picumnus nebulosus
- White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
- Yellow-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes flavifrons
- White-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum
- Striped Woodpecker Picoides lignarius
- Checkered Woodpecker Picoides mixtus
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
- Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus
- Dot-fronted Woodpecker Veniliornis frontalis
- White-spotted Woodpecker Veniliornis spilogaster
- Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros
- Yellow-browed Woodpecker Piculus aurulentus
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
- Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
- Chilean Flicker Colaptes pitius
- Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola
- Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris
- Pale-crested Woodpecker Celeus lugubris
- Blond-crested Woodpecker Celeus flavescens
- Helmeted Woodpecker Dryocopus galeatus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Black-bodied Woodpecker Dryocopus schulzi
- Robust Woodpecker Campephilus robustus
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon
- Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus
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