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
- Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
- Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex
- Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker Piculus callopterus (E)
- Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
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