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 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 gabonensis (J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851) - Gabon woodpecker
               06 Dendropicos stierlingi Reichenow, 1901 - Stierling's woodpecker
               07 Dendropicos namaquus (A.A.H. Lichtenstein, 1793) - bearded woodpecker
               08 Dendropicos xantholophus Hargitt, 1883 - golden-crowned woodpecker
               09 Dendropicos pyrrhogaster (Malherbe, 1845) - fire-bellied woodpecker
               10 Dendropicos elliotii (Cassin, 1863) - Elliot's woodpecker
               11 Dendropicos goertae (P.L. Statius Müller, 1776) - grey woodpecker
               12 Dendropicos griseocephalus (Boddaert, 1783) - olive woodpecker
               13 Dendropicos obsoletus (Wagler, 1829) - brown-backed woodpecker