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 Dendropicos Malherbe, 1849
                 01 Dendropicos elachus Oberholser, 1919 - little grey woodpecker
                 02 Dendropicos poecilolaemus Reichenow, 1893 - speckle-breasted woodpecker
                 03 Dendropicos abyssinicus (Stanley, 1814) - Abyssinian woodpecker
                 04 Dendropicos fuscescens (Vieillot, 1818) - cardinal woodpecker
                 05 Dendropicos lugubris (Hartlaub, 1857) - melancholy woodpecker see Dendropicos gabonensis lugubris Hartlaub, 1857
                 06 Dendropicos gabonensis (J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851) - Gabon woodpecker
                 07 Dendropicos stierlingi Reichenow, 1901 - Stierling's woodpecker
                 08 Dendropicos namaquus (A.A.H. Lichtenstein, 1793) - bearded woodpecker
                 09 Dendropicos pyrrhogaster (Malherbe, 1845) - fire-bellied woodpecker
                 10 Dendropicos xantholophus Hargitt, 1883 - golden-crowned woodpecker
                 11 Dendropicos elliotii (Cassin, 1863) - Elliot's woodpecker
                 12 Dendropicos goertae (P.L. Statius Müller, 1776) - grey woodpecker
                 13 Dendropicos spodocephalus (Bonaparte, 1850) - grey-headed woodpecker see Dendropicos goertae spodocephalus (Bonaparte, 1850)
                 14 Dendropicos griseocephalus (Boddaert, 1783) - olive woodpecker
                 15 Dendropicos obsoletus (Wagler, 1829) - brown-backed woodpecker