Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Picae (C. Linnaeus, 1758) see Order Piciformes Meyer & Wolf, 1810
         Order Piciformes Meyer & Wolf, 1810 - scansorial birds
           Infraorder Picides see Suborder Pici Meyer & Wolf, 1810
             Family Picidae Vigors, 1825 - woodpeckers
               Genus Melanerpes Swainson, 1832
                 01 Melanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796) - white woodpecker
                 02 Melanerpes lewis (G.R. Gray, 1849) - Lewis's woodpecker
                 03 Melanerpes herminieri (Lesson, 1830) - Guadeloupe woodpecker
                 04 Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803) - Puerto Rican woodpecker
                 05 Melanerpes erythrocephalus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - red-headed woodpecker
                 06 Melanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827) - acorn woodpecker
                 07 Melanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849) - black-cheeked woodpecker
                 08 Melanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 1870 - golden-naped woodpecker
                 09 Melanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783) - yellow-tufted woodpecker
                 10 Melanerpes flavifrons (Vieillot, 1818) - yellow-fronted woodpecker
                 11 Melanerpes cactorum (d'Orbigny, 1840) - white-fronted woodpecker
                 12 Melanerpes striatus (P.L. Statius Müller, 1776) - Hispaniolan woodpecker
                 13 Melanerpes radiolatus (Wagler, 1827) - Jamaican woodpecker
                 14 Melanerpes chrysogenys (Vigors, 1839) - golden-cheeked woodpecker
                 15 Melanerpes hypopolius (Wagler, 1829) - grey-breasted woodpecker
                 16 Melanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885) - Yucatan woodpecker
                 17 Melanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862) - red-crowned woodpecker
                 18 Melanerpes uropygialis (S.F. Baird, 1854) - Gila woodpecker
                 19 Melanerpes carolinus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - red-bellied woodpecker
                 20 Melanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827) - West Indian woodpecker
                 21 Melanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829) - golden-fronted woodpecker
                 22 Melanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) - Hoffmann's woodpecker