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Melanerpes
Melanerpes is a genus of woodpeckers of the family Picidae found in the New World.
The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist William John Swainson in 1832. The word ''Melanerpes '' come from the Greek melas meaning black and herpēs meaning creeper.
The genus includes 24 species:
- White woodpecker, Melanerpes candidus
- Lewis's woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis
- Guadeloupe woodpecker, Melanerpes herminieri
- Puerto Rican woodpecker, Melanerpes portoricensis
- Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
- Yellow-tufted woodpecker, Melanerpes cruentatus
- Yellow-fronted woodpecker, Melanerpes flavifrons
- Golden-naped woodpecker, Melanerpes chrysauchen
- Beautiful woodpecker, Melanerpes pulcher
- Black-cheeked woodpecker, Melanerpes pucherani
- White-fronted woodpecker, Melanerpes cactorum
- Hispaniolan woodpecker, Melanerpes striatus
- Jamaican woodpecker, Melanerpes radiolatus
- Golden-cheeked woodpecker, Melanerpes chrysogenys
- Grey-breasted woodpecker, Melanerpes hypopolius
- Yucatan woodpecker, Melanerpes pygmaeus
- Red-crowned woodpecker, Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Gila woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis
- Hoffmann's woodpecker, Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Golden-fronted woodpecker, Melanerpes aurifrons
- Velasquez's woodpecker, Melanerpes santacruzi
- Red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus
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West Indian woodpecker, Melanerpes superciliaris
- Grand Bahama West Indian woodpecker, Melanerpes superciliaris bahamensis ( extinct: 1950s)