Genus Melanerpes Woodpeckers - Melanerpes - live in North and South America. Includes types:
* White woodpecker - Melanerpes candidus
* Lewis Woodpecker - Melanerpes lewis
* Guadalupe Woodpecker - Melanerpes herminieri
* Puerto Rican Woodpecker - Melanerpes portoricensis
* Red-headed Woodpecker - Melanerpes erythrocephalus
* Acorn Woodpecker - Melanerpes formicivorus
* Gold-headed Woodpecker - Melanerpes chrysauchen
* Black-cheeked woodpecker - Melanerpes pucherani
* Yellow-crested woodpecker - Melanerpes cruentatus
* Yellow-fronted Woodpecker - Melanerpes flavifrons
* White-fronted woodpecker - Melanerpes cactorum
* Spanish Woodpecker - Melanerpes striatus
* Jamaican woodpecker - Melanerpes radiolatus
* Golden-cheeked Woodpecker - Melanerpes chrysogenys
* Gray-breasted Woodpecker - Melanerpes hypopolius
* Yucatan Woodpecker - Melanerpes pygmaeus
* Red-crowned woodpecker - Melanerpes rubricapillus
* Hofmann's Woodpecker - Melanerpes hoffmannii
* Gila Woodpecker - Melanerpes uropygialis
* Gold-fronted woodpecker - Melanerpes aurifrons
* Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus
* Westindian Woodpecker - Melanerpes superciliaris
