Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Pici see Suborder Pici Meyer & Wolf, 1810
         Family Picidae Vigors, 1825 - woodpeckers
           Subfamily Picinae Vigors, 1825 - true 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 cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783) - yellow-tufted woodpecker
               08 Melanerpes flavifrons (Vieillot, 1818) - yellow-fronted woodpecker
               09 Melanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 1870 - golden-naped woodpecker
               10 Melanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849) - black-cheeked 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 hoffmanni (Cabanis, 1862) see Melanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862)
               20 Melanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829) - golden-fronted woodpecker
               21 Melanerpes carolinus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - red-bellied woodpecker
               22 Melanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827) - West Indian woodpecker