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Species Profile: White-headed Woodpecker

White-headed Woodpecker, Picoides albolarvatus Learn more about this species in the Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America. Introduction to the species “… there is a...

Species Profile: Gilded Flicker

Gilded Flicker, Colaptes chrysoides Learn more about this species in the Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America. Introduction to the species “The Gilded Flickers...

List of Species of North American Woodpeckers

Click the links below to visit the individual profile pages for each of the 23 species of woodpeckers that reside in North America. Genus Melanerpes Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes...

Species Profile: Gila Woodpecker

Gila Woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis Learn more about this species in the Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America. Introduction to the species “This woodpecker...

Species Profile: Williamson’s Sapsucker

Williamson’s Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus thyroideus Learn more about this species in the Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America. Introduction to the species “This...

Species Profile: Black-backed Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker, Picoides arcticus Learn more about this species in the Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America. Introduction to the species “In the...