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Genus: Piculus (7 species)

Genus Piculus are medium-sized sturdy olive-green American forest woodpeckers with short thick bills.


Yellow-browed Woodpecker (Piculus aurulentus) Near Threatened Range: SA: se Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina Macae de Cima, Brazil
Photograph by George Scott Photography © All Rights Reserved.


Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker (Piculus callopterus) Range: MA: Panama Darien National Park, Panama
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

At nest.


Golden-green Woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros capistratus) Male Range: MA, SA: Panama to Venezuela, Amazonia, se Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and n Argentina Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Golden-green Woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros polyzonus) Female Range: MA, SA: Panama to Venezuela, Amazonia, se Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and n Argentina Pousada Rio Claro, Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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Yellow-throated Woodpecker (Piculus flavigula) Male Range: SA: Amazonia and se Brazil Manaus, Brazil
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-throated Woodpecker (Piculus flavigula flavigula) Female Range: SA: Amazonia and se Brazil MUSA, Manaus, Brazil
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca © All Rights Reserved.

Male with back of crown red.


White-throated Woodpecker (Piculus leucolaemus) Male Range: SA: w Amazonia Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Brayan Coral Jaramillo © All Rights Reserved.


White-throated Woodpecker (Piculus leucolaemus) Female Range: SA: w Amazonia San Martin, Peru
Photograph by Juan José Chalco Luna © All Rights Reserved.


Lita Woodpecker (Piculus litae) Range: SA: w Colombia to nw Ecuador Anchicaya, Colombia
Photograph by Manakin Nature Tours - Luis Urueña © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex) Range: MA: Honduras to Panama Guapiles, Limon, Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba