Northern flicker

Colaptes auratus (Photo from 4Goo) Common name:northern flicker (en); pica-pau-pintado (pt); pic flamboyant (fr); carpintero escapulario (es); goldspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found across North America and in Central America as far south as Nicaragua. Also in Cuba and Great Cayman. The ore northern population migrate south to winter in the southern part of…

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Magellanic woodpecker

Campephilus magellanicus Photo by Doug Kirwin (Woodpeckers of the World) Common name:Magellanic woodpecker (en); pica-pau-de-Magalhães (pt); pic de Magellan (fr); carpintero de Magallanes (es); Magellanspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found in southern Chile and south-western Argentina, from Linares, Chile and Neuquén, Argentina to Tierra del Fuego.Size:These large woodpeckers are 36-45 cm long. Males tend…

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White-backed woodpecker

Dendrocopos leucotos (Photo from Pticyrus) Common name:white-backed woodpecker (en); pica-pau-de-dorso-branco (pt); pic à dos blanc (fr); pico dorsiblanco (es); weißrückenspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found from southern Scandinavia and eastern Europe, through southern Russia, northern Kazakhstan and northern Mongolia, and into north-eastern China, Korea and Japan. There are also isolated populations in southern China…

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Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius Photo by Dominic Sherony (Wikipedia) Commons name:yellow-bellied sapsucker (en); pica-pau-de-barriga-amarela (en); pic maculé (fr); chupasavia norteño (es); gelbbauch-saftlecker (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species breeds across Canada and in the north-eastern United States, and migrate south to winter in the western United States, the Caribbean and Central America as far south as western Panama.Size:These birds…

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Eurasian three-toed woodpecker

Picoides tridactylus Photo by Johan Stenlund (PBase) Common name:Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (en); pica-pau-tridáctilo (pt); pic tridactyle (fr); pico tridáctilo euroasiático (es); dreizehenspecht (de)TaxonomyOrder PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed in central and eastern Europe, with population in Switzerland and Austria, Romania, the Ukraine and Greece, and from Scandinavia and Belarus, through most of Russia and…

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Robust woodpecker

Campephilus robustus Photo by Ricardo Gentil (Flickr) Common name:robust woodpecker (en); pica-pau-rei (pt); pic robuste (fr); carpintero grande (es); scharlachkopfspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found in south-eastern Brazil, from southern Bahía and Goiás to northern Rio Grande do Sul, and also in eastern Paraguay and marginally into north-eastern Argentina.Size:These birds are 31-37 cm long…

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Common flameback

Dinopium javanense Photo by James Eaton (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:common flameback (en); pica-pau-de-dorso-vermelho (pt); pic à dos rouge (fr); pito culirrojo (es); feuerrückenspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found in two separate areas, in south-western India and from north-eastern India and Bangladesh, through Indochina and into southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines.Size:These birds are…

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Great spotted woodpecker

Dendrocopos major Photo by Thomas Hochebner (Woodpeckers of the World) Common name:great spotted woodpecker (en); pica-pau-malhado-grande (pt); pic épeiche (fr); pico picapinos (es); buntspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found throughout Europe, with the exceptions of Iceland, Ireland, and northern Scandinavia, in Morocco and Algeria, and through Russia and the Caucasus all the way to…

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