Melanerpes
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Melanerpes is a genus
of woodpeckers of the family
Picidae
found in the New World. The name comes from Latin, and means "black creeper".
Genus
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of woodpeckers of the family
Family (biology)
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Picidae
Picidae
The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions...
found in the New World. The name comes from Latin, and means "black creeper".
Species of Melanerpes
- White WoodpeckerWhite WoodpeckerThe White Woodpecker, Melanerpes candidus, is a species of woodpecker found in South America. This woodpecker is a native of the grasslands of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina....
, Melanerpes candidus - Lewis's WoodpeckerLewis's WoodpeckerThe Lewis's Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis, is a large North American species of woodpecker which was named for Meriwether Lewis, one of the explorers who surveyed the areas bought by the United States of America during the Louisiana Purchase.-Description:...
, Melanerpes lewis - Guadeloupe WoodpeckerGuadeloupe WoodpeckerThe Guadeloupe Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is endemic to Guadeloupe.-Habitat:...
, Melanerpes herminieri - Puerto Rican WoodpeckerPuerto Rican WoodpeckerThe Puerto Rican Woodpecker is the only woodpecker endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico and is one of the five species of the Melanerpes genus that occur in the Antilles. Furthermore, it is the only resident species of the Picidae family in Puerto Rico...
, Melanerpes portoricensis - Red-headed WoodpeckerRed-headed WoodpeckerThe Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, is a small or medium-sized woodpecker from temperate North America. Their breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the eastern-central United States.-Taxonomy:...
, Melanerpes erythrocephalus - Acorn WoodpeckerAcorn WoodpeckerThe Acorn woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker, 21 cm long with an average weight of 85 g.-Description:...
, Melanerpes formicivorus - Golden-naped WoodpeckerGolden-naped WoodpeckerThe Golden-naped Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
, Melanerpes chrysauchen - Black-cheeked WoodpeckerBlack-cheeked WoodpeckerThe Black-cheeked Woodpecker, Melanerpes pucherani, is a resident breeding bird from southeastern Mexico south to western Ecuador.This woodpecker occurs in the higher levels of wet forests, semi-open woodland and old second growth. It nests in an unlined hole 6–30 m high in a dead tree. The clutch...
, Melanerpes pucherani - Yellow-tufted WoodpeckerYellow-tufted WoodpeckerThe Yellow-tufted Woodpecker, Melanerpes cruentatus, is a species of woodpecker. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
, Melanerpes cruentatus - Yellow-fronted WoodpeckerYellow-fronted WoodpeckerThe Yellow-fronted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay....
, Melanerpes flavifrons - White-fronted WoodpeckerWhite-fronted WoodpeckerThe White-fronted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay....
, Melanerpes cactorum - Hispaniolan WoodpeckerHispaniolan WoodpeckerThe Hispaniolan Woodpecker, Melanerpes striatus, is a medium sized woodpecker endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.Their back is covered in yellow and black stripes. Males have a dark red stripe from their forehead to their neck while females the red stripe extends from the nape to the...
, Melanerpes striatus - Jamaican WoodpeckerJamaican WoodpeckerThe Jamaican Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is endemic to Jamaica.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
, Melanerpes radiolatus - Golden-cheeked WoodpeckerGolden-cheeked WoodpeckerThe Golden-cheeked Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is endemic to Mexico, in the western, and southwestern coastal strip on the Pacific Ocean, and the western bordering regions of mountains of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.-Habitat:Its natural habitats are subtropical or...
, Melanerpes chrysogenys - Grey-breasted WoodpeckerGrey-breasted WoodpeckerThe Grey-breasted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is endemic to the interior of southwestern Mexico.-Habitat:...
, Melanerpes hypopolius - Yucatan WoodpeckerYucatan WoodpeckerThe Yucatan Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Belize, Honduras, and Mexico, and ranges over the entire Yucatán Peninsula....
, Melanerpes pygmaeus - Red-crowned WoodpeckerRed-crowned WoodpeckerThe Red-crowned Woodpecker, Melanerpes rubricapillus, is a resident breeding bird from southwestern Costa Rica south to Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and Tobago....
, Melanerpes rubricapillus - Hoffmann's WoodpeckerHoffmann's WoodpeckerHoffmann's Woodpecker, Melanerpes hoffmannii, is a resident breeding bird from southern Honduras south to Costa Rica. It is a common species on the Pacific slopes, locally as high as 2150 m. It is expanding on the Caribbean slope, aided by deforestation...
, Melanerpes hoffmannii - Gila WoodpeckerGila WoodpeckerThe Gila Woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker of the desert regions of the southwestern United States. They range through southeastern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.-Habitat:...
, Melanerpes uropygialis - Golden-fronted WoodpeckerGolden-fronted WoodpeckerThe Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Melanerpes aurifrons, is a North American woodpecker. Its preferred habitat is mesquite and riparian woodlands. It is distributed from Texas and Oklahoma in the United States through Mexico to Honduras and northern Nicaragua...
, Melanerpes aurifrons - Red-bellied WoodpeckerRed-bellied WoodpeckerThe Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus, is a medium-sized woodpecker of the Picidae family. It breeds in southern Canada and the northeastern United States, ranging as far south as Florida and as far west as Texas...
, Melanerpes carolinus - West Indian WoodpeckerWest Indian WoodpeckerThe West Indian Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Cuba....
, Melanerpes superciliaris- Grand Bahama West Indian Woodpecker, Melanerpes superciliaris bahamensis (extinct: 1950s)
- Beautiful WoodpeckerBeautiful WoodpeckerThe Beautiful Woodpecker is a bird species in the woodpecker family . It is endemic to Colombia.Until recently, it was united with the Golden-naped Woodpecker of Central America as subspecies...
, Melanerpes pulcher