Birds and their associated Chewing Lice

Picidae - Woodpeckers

Brueelia [Philopteridae]
Colpocephalum [Menoponidae]
Elbelia [Menoponidae]
Penenirmus [Philopteridae]
Philopterus [Philopteridae]
Picicola [Philopteridae]
Menacanthus [Menoponidae]
Rallicola [Philopteridae]

Jygninae

Jynx Linnaeus, 1758

• Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758 - Eurasian Wryneck
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus serrilumbus (Burmeister, 1838) *

• Jynx ruficollis Wagler, 1830 - Rufous-necked Wryneck
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus serrilumbus (Burmeister, 1838)

Picumninae

Picumnus Temminck, 1825

• Picumnus innominatus Burton, 1836 - Speckled Piculet
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Picumnus aurifrons Pelzeln, 1870 - Golden-fronted or Bar-breasted Piculet
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Picumnus lafresnayi Malherbe, 1862 - Lafresnaye´s Piculet
• Picumnus pumilus Cabanis and Heine, 1863 - Orinoco Piculet
• Picumnus exilis (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Golden-spangled Piculet
• Picumnus sclateri Taczanowski, 1877 - Ecuadorian Piculet
• Picumnus squamulatus Lafresnaye, 1854 - Scaled Piculet
• Picumnus spilogaster Sundevall, 1866 - White-bellied Piculet
• Picumnus minutissimus (Pallas, 1782) - Guianan Piculet
Menacanthus eurysternus (Burmeister, 1838)

• Picumnus pygmaeus (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Spotted Piculet
• Picumnus steindachneri Taczanowski, 1882 - Speckle-chested Piculet
• Picumnus varzeae Snethlage, 1912 - Varzea Piculet
• Picumnus cirratus Temminck, 1825 - White-barred Piculet
• Picumnus dorbignyanus Lafresnaye, 1845 - Ocellated Piculet
• Picumnus temminckii Lafresnaye, 1845 - Ochre-collared Piculet
• Picumnus albosquamatus d´Orbigny, 1840 - White-wedged Piculet
Menacanthus eurysternus (Burmeister, 1838)

• Picumnus fuscus Pelzeln, 1870 - Rusty-necked Piculet
• Picumnus rufiventris (Bonaparte, 1838) - Rufous-breasted Piculet
• Picumnus limae Snethlage, 1924 - Ochraceous Piculet
• Picumnus fulvescens Stager, 1961 - Tawny Piculet
• Picumnus nebulosus Sundevall, 1866 - Mottled Piculet
• Picumnus castelnau Malherbe, 1862 - Plain-breasted Piculet
• Picumnus subtilis Stager, 1968 - Fine-barred Piculet
• Picumnus olivaceus Lafresnaye, 1845 - Olivaceous Piculet
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Picumnus granadensis Lafresnaye, 1847 - Greyish Piculet
• Picumnus cinnamomeus Wagler, 1829 - Chestnut Piculet
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

Sasia Hodgson, 1836

• Sasia africana Verreaux,J and Verreaux,E, 1855 - African Piculet
• Sasia abnormis (Temminck, 1825) - Rufous Piculet
• Sasia ochracea Hodgson, 1837 - White-browed Piculet

Nesoctites Hargitt, 1890

• Nesoctites micromegas (Sundevall, 1866) - Antillean Piculet

Picinae

Melanerpes Swainson, 1832

• Melanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796) - White Woodpecker
Brueelia infuscata Cicchino, 1979 *
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Melanerpes lewis (Gray, G. R., 1849) - Lewis´s Woodpecker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Melanerpes herminieri (Lesson, 1830) - Guadeloupe Woodpecker
• Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803) - Puerto Rican Woodpecker
• Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Red-headed Woodpecker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Melanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827) - Acorn Woodpecker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Melanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783) - Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Melanerpes flavifrons (Vieillot, 1818) - Yellow-fronted Woodpecker
• Melanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 1870 - Golden-naped Woodpecker
• Melanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849) - Black-cheeked Woodpecker
• Melanerpes cactorum (d´Orbigny, 1840) - White-fronted Woodpecker
• Melanerpes striatus (Statius Müller, 1776) - Hispaniolan Woodpecker
• Melanerpes radiolatus (Wagler, 1827) - Jamaican Woodpecker
• Melanerpes chrysogenys (Vigors, 1839) - Golden-cheeked Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Melanerpes hypopolius (Wagler, 1829) - Grey-breasted Woodpecker
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Melanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885) - Yucatan Woodpecker
• Melanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862) - Red-crowned Woodpecker
• Melanerpes uropygialis (Baird,SF, 1854) - Gila Woodpecker
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Melanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) - Hoffmann´s Woodpecker
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)

• Melanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829) - Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Red-bellied Woodpecker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Melanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827) - West Indian Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

Sphyrapicus Baird, 1858

• Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cassin, 1852) - Williamson´s Sapsucker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766) - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Sphyrapicus nuchalis Baird,SF, 1858 - Red-naped Sapsucker
• Sphyrapicus ruber (Gmelin, 1788) - Red-breasted Sapsucker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

Xiphidiopicus Bonaparte, 1854

• Xiphidiopicus percussus (Temminck, 1826) - Cuban Green Woodpecker

Campethera Gray, G. R.

• Campethera punctuligera (Wagler, 1827) - Fine-spotted Woodpecker
• Campethera bennettii (Smith,A, 1836) - Bennett´s Woodpecker
• Campethera nubica (Boddaert, 1783) - Nubian Woodpecker
Picicola campethera Clay and Meinertzhagen, 1938

• Campethera abingoni (Smith,A, 1836) - Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Picicola campethera Clay and Meinertzhagen, 1938 *

• Campethera mombassica (Fischer and Reichenow, 1884) - Mombasa Woodpecker
Picicola campethera Clay and Meinertzhagen, 1938

• Campethera notata (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Knysna Woodpecker
Picicola campethera Clay and Meinertzhagen, 1938

• Campethera cailliautii (Malherbe, 1849) - Green-backed Woodpecker
• Campethera maculosa (Valenciennes, 1826) - Little Green Woodpecker
• Campethera tullbergi (Sjostedt, 1892) - Tullberg´s Woodpecker
• Campethera nivosa (Swainson, 1837) - Buff-spotted Woodpecker
• Campethera caroli (Malherbe, 1852) - Brown-eared Woodpecker

Geocolaptes Swainson, 1832

• Geocolaptes olivaceus (Gmelin, 1788) - Ground Woodpecker
Picicola grundespectus Dalgleish, 1969 *

Dendropicos Malherbe, 1849

• Dendropicos elachus Oberholser, 1919 - Little Grey Woodpecker
• Dendropicos poecilolaemus (Reichenow, 1893) - Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
• Dendropicos abyssinicus (Stanley, 1814) - Abyssinian Woodpecker
• Dendropicos fuscescens (Vieillot, 1818) - Cardinal Woodpecker
Picicola capitatus Dalgleish, 1969 *

• Dendropicos gabonensis (Verreaux,J and Verreaux,E, 1851) - Gabon Woodpecker
• Dendropicos stierlingi Reichenow, 1901 - Stierling´s Woodpecker
• Dendropicos namaquus (Lichtenstein,AAH, 1793) - Bearded Woodpecker
Picicola thripias Clay and Meinertzhagen, 1938 *

• Dendropicos xantholophus Hargitt, 1883 - Golden-crowned Woodpecker
• Dendropicos pyrrhogaster (Malherbe, 1845) - Fire-bellied Woodpecker
• Dendropicos elliotii (Cassin, 1863) - Elliot´s Woodpecker
• Dendropicos goertae (Statius Müller, 1776) - Grey Woodpecker
Brueelia goertae Dalgleish, 1971 *
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Dendropicos griseocephalus (Boddaert, 1783) - Olive Woodpecker
• Dendropicos obsoletus (Wagler, 1829) - Brown-backed Woodpecker

Hypopicus Bonaparte, 1854

• Hypopicus hyperythrus (Vigors, 1831) - Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

Dendrocopos Koch, 1816

• Dendrocopos temminckii (Malherbe, 1849) - Sulawesi Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos maculatus (Scopoli, 1786) - Philippine Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos moluccensis (Gmelin, 1788) - Sunda Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Dendrocopos kizuki (Temminck, 1835) - Pygmy Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Dendrocopos canicapillus (Blyth, 1845) - Grey-capped Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos minor (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Dendrocopos macei (Vieillot, 1818) - Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Dendrocopos atratus (Blyth, 1849) - Stripe-breasted Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Dendrocopos auriceps (Vigors, 1831) - Brown-fronted Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos mahrattensis (Latham, 1802) - Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos dorae (Bates and Kinnear, 1935) - Arabian Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos cathpharius (Blyth, 1843) - Crimson-breasted Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos darjellensis (Blyth, 1845) - Darjeeling Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Dendrocopos medius (Linnaeus, 1758) - Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola superciliosa (Nitzsch, 1866) *

• Dendrocopos leucotos (Bechstein, 1802) - White-backed Woodpecker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Colpocephalum tirkhan (Ansari, 1951)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Dendrocopos himalayensis (Jardine and Selby, 1831) - Himalayan Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos assimilis (Blyth, 1849) - Sind Woodpecker
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Dendrocopos syriacus (Ehrenberg, 1833) - Syrian Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Dendrocopos leucopterus (Salvadori, 1871) - White-winged Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) - Great Spotted Woodpecker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842) *
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763) *
Philopterus neomajor Price, Hellenthal, Palma, 2003 * nomen novum
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

Picoides Laépède, 1799

• Picoides mixtus (Boddaert, 1783) - Checkered Woodpecker
• Picoides lignarius (Molina, 1782) - Striped Woodpecker
• Picoides scalaris (Wagler, 1829) - Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Picoides nuttallii (Gambel, 1843) - Nuttall´s Woodpecker
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Picoides pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) - Downy Woodpecker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Menacanthus eurysternus (Burmeister, 1838)
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Picoides villosus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Hairy Woodpecker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Picoides arizonae (Hargitt, 1886) - Arizona Woodpecker
• Picoides stricklandi (Malherbe, 1845) - Strickland´s Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Picoides borealis (Vieillot, 1809) - Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Picoides albolarvatus (Cassin, 1850) - White-headed Woodpecker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1896)

• Picoides tridactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Three-toed Woodpecker
Menacanthus picicola (Packard, 1873) *
Penenirmus arcticus Carriker, 1958

• Picoides arcticus (Swainson, 1832) - Black-backed Woodpecker
Menacanthus picicola (Packard, 1873) *
Penenirmus arcticus Carriker, 1958 *

Veniliornis Bonaparte, 1854

• Veniliornis callonotus (Waterhouse, 1841) - Scarlet-backed Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Veniliornis dignus (Sclater,PL and Salvin, 1877) - Yellow-vented Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Veniliornis nigriceps (d´Orbigny, 1840) - Bar-bellied Woodpecker
• Veniliornis fumigatus (d´Orbigny, 1840) - Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Veniliornis passerinus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Little Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Veniliornis frontalis (Cabanis, 1883) - Dot-fronted Woodpecker
• Veniliornis spilogaster (Wagler, 1827) - White-spotted Woodpecker
• Veniliornis sanguineus (Lichtenstein,AAH, 1793) - Blood-colored Woodpecker
• Veniliornis kirkii (Malherbe, 1845) - Red-rumped Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola snodgrassi (Kellogg, 1899)

• Veniliornis affinis (Swainson, 1821) - Red-stained Woodpecker
• Veniliornis cassini (Malherbe, 1862) - Golden-collared Woodpecker
• Veniliornis maculifrons (Spix, 1824) - Yellow-eared Woodpecker

Piculus Spix, 1824

• Piculus simplex (Salvin, 1870) - Rufous-winged Woodpecker
• Piculus callopterus (Lawrence, 1862) - Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker
• Piculus leucolaemus (Natterer and Malherbe, 1845) - White-throated Woodpecker
• Piculus flavigula (Boddaert, 1783) - Yellow-throated Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Piculus chrysochloros (Vieillot, 1818) - Golden-green Woodpecker
• Piculus aurulentus (Temminck, 1821) - Yellow-browed Woodpecker
• Piculus rubiginosus (Swainson, 1820) - Golden-olive Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Piculus auricularis (Salvin and Godman, 1889) - Grey-crowned Woodpecker
• Piculus rivolii (Boissonneau, 1840) - Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

Colaptes Vigors, 1826

• Colaptes atricollis (Malherbe, 1850) - Black-necked Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Colaptes punctigula (Boddaert, 1783) - Spot-breasted Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Colaptes melanochloros (Gmelin, 1788) - Green-barred Woodpecker
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)

• Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern Flicker
Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)
Penenirmus jungens (Kellogg, 1896) *
Picicola porisma Dalgleish, 1969 *

Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus jungens (Kellogg, 1896)

Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus jungens (Kellogg, 1896)

Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

Celeus Boie, 1831

• Celeus brachyurus (Vieillot, 1818) - Rufous Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Celeus loricatus (Reichenbach, 1854) - Cinnamon Woodpecker
• Celeus undatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Waved Woodpecker
• Celeus grammicus (Natterer and Malherbe, 1845) - Scaly-breasted Woodpecker
• Celeus castaneus (Wagler, 1829) - Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
• Celeus elegans (Statius Müller, 1776) - Chestnut Woodpecker
• Celeus lugubris (Malherbe, 1851) - Pale-crested Woodpecker
• Celeus flavescens (Gmelin, 1788) - Blond-crested Woodpecker
• Celeus flavus (Statius Müller, 1776) - Cream-colored Woodpecker
• Celeus spectabilis Sclater,PL and Salvin, 1880 - Rufous-headed Woodpecker
• Celeus torquatus (Boddaert, 1783) - Ringed Woodpecker

Dryocopus Boie, 1826

• Dryocopus galeatus (Temminck, 1822) - Helmeted Woodpecker
• Dryocopus schulzi (Cabanis, 1883) - Black-bodied Woodpecker
• Dryocopus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Lineated Woodpecker
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Pileated Woodpecker
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Picicola marginatulus (Harrison, 1916) *

• Dryocopus javensis (Horsfield, 1821) - White-bellied Woodpecker
Colpocephalum javensis Price, 1966 *
Colpocephalum pulverulenti Price, 1964
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)

• Dryocopus hodgei (Blyth, 1860) - Andaman Woodpecker
• Dryocopus martius (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black Woodpecker
Colpocephalum inaequale Burmeister, 1838 *
Penenirmus heteroscelis (Nitzsch, 1866) *

Campephilus Gray, G. R., 1840

• Campephilus pollens (Bonaparte, 1845) - Powerful Woodpecker
• Campephilus haematogaster (Tschudi, 1844) - Crimson-bellied Woodpecker
• Campephilus rubricollis (Boddaert, 1783) - Red-necked Woodpecker
Menacanthus extraneus Carriker, 1967 *

• Campephilus robustus (Lichtenstein, 1818) - Robust Woodpecker
• Campephilus guatemalensis (Hartlaub, 1844) - Pale-billed Woodpecker
Brueelia guatemalensis Dalgleish, 1971 *

• Campephilus melanoleucos (Gmelin, 1788) - Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Menacanthus exsanguis (Paine and Mann, 1913)
Rallicola scapanoides (Carriker, 1949) *

• Campephilus gayaquilensis (Lesson, 1845) - Guayaquil Woodpecker
Rallicola scapanoides (Carriker, 1949)

• Campephilus leucopogon (Valenciennes, 1826) - Cream-backed Woodpecker
Menacanthus exsanguis (Paine and Mann, 1913)

• Campephilus magellanicus (King, 1827) - Magellanic Woodpecker
Penenirmus campephili Eichler, 1953 *
Menacanthus campephili Price and Emerson, 1975 *

• Campephilus principalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ivory-billed Woodpecker †
• Campephilus imperialis (Gould, 1832) - Imperial Woodpecker †

Picus Linnaeus, 1758

Penenirmus maculipes (Piaget, 1880) *

• Picus mineaceus Pennant, 1769 - Banded Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)

• Picus puniceus Horsfield, 1821 - Crimson-winged Woodpecker
• Picus chlorolophus Vieillot, 1818 - Lesser Yellownaped Woodpecker
Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763)
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)
Picicola roberti Somadder and Tandan, 1975 *

• Picus mentalis Temminck, 1826 - Checker-throated Woodpecker
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)

• Picus flavinucha Gould, 1834 - Greater Yellownape
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)

• Picus viridanus Blyth, 1843 - Streak-breasted Woodpecker
• Picus vittatus Vieillot, 1818 - Laced Woodpecker
Colpocephalum tirkhan (Ansari, 1951)
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)

• Picus xanthopygaeus Gray,JE and Gray,GR, 1846 - Streak-throated Woodpecker
• Picus squamatus Vigors, 1831 - Scaly-bellied Woodpecker
Colpocephalum tirkhan (Ansari, 1951) *
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)

• Picus awokera Temminck, 1835 - Japanese Woodpecker
• Picus viridis Linnaeus, 1758 - Eurasian Green Woodpecker
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842) *
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798) *
Picicola candidus (Nitzsch, 1866)

• Picus vaillantii (Malherbe, 1847) - Levaillant´s Woodpecker
• Picus rabieri (Oustalet, 1898) - Red-collared Woodpecker
• Picus erythropygius (Elliot, 1865) - Black-headed Woodpecker
Colpocephalum tirkhan (Ansari, 1951)
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)

• Picus canus Gmelin, 1788 - Grey-faced Woodpecker
Colpocephalum tirkhan (Ansari, 1951)
Menacanthus pici (Denny, 1842)
Picicola candidus (Nitzsch, 1866) *

Dinopium Rafinesque, 1814

• Dinopium rafflesii (Vigors and Horsfield, 1830) - Olive-backed Woodpecker
• Dinopium shorii (Vigors, 1832) - Himalayan Flameback
• Dinopium javanense (Ljungh, 1797) - Common Flameback
Menacanthus eurysternus (Burmeister, 1838)
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)

• Dinopium benghalense (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black-rumped Flameback
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)

Chrysocolaptes Blyth, 1843

• Chrysocolaptes lucidus (Scopoli, 1786) - Greater Flameback
Elbelia validi Price and Emerson, 1975
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)

• Chrysocolaptes festivus (Boddaert, 1783) - White-naped Woodpecker

Gecinulus Blyth, 1845

• Gecinulus grantia (McClelland, 1840) - Pale-headed Woodpecker
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)

Sapheopipo Hargitt, 1890

• Sapheopipo noguchii (Seebohm, 1887) - Okinawa Woodpecker

Blythipicus Bonaparte, 1854

• Blythipicus rubiginosus (Swainson, 1837) - Maroon Woodpecker
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)

• Blythipicus pyrrhotis (Hodgson, 1837) - Bay Woodpecker
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)

Reinwardtipicus Bonaparte, 1854

• Reinwardtipicus validus (Temminck, 1825) - Orange-backed Woodpecker
Elbelia valida Price and Emerson, 1975 *

Meiglyptes Swainson, 1837

• Meiglyptes tristis (Horsfield, 1821) - Buff-rumped Woodpecker
• Meiglyptes jugularis (Blyth, 1845) - Black-and-buff Woodpecker
• Meiglyptes tukki (Lesson, 1839) - Buff-necked Woodpecker

Hemicircus Swainson, 1837

• Hemicircus concretus (Temminck, 1821) - Grey-and-buff Woodpecker
• Hemicircus canente (Lesson, 1832) - Heart-spotted Woodpecker

Mulleripicus Bonaparte, 1854

• Mulleripicus fulvus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1830) - Ashy Woodpecker
• Mulleripicus funebris (Valenciennes, 1826) - Sooty Woodpecker
• Mulleripicus pulverulentus (Temminck, 1826) - Great Slaty Woodpecker
Colpocephalum harterti Price, 1964 *
Colpocephalum pulverulenti Price, 1964 *
Penenirmus pici (Fabricius, J. C., 1798)