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.
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Yucatan Woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus (A)
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
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