Draft:List of Picidae by weight

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Species by weight range[edit]

Common name	Binomial name	Weight (g)	Status
Eurasian Wryneck	Jynx torquilla	26-50	LC
Red-throated wryneck	Jynx ruficollis	46-59	LC
Speckled piculet	Picumnus innominatus	9-13	LC
Bar-breasted piculet	Picumnus aurifrons	8-10	LC
Lafresnaye's piculet	Picumnus lafresnayi	9-10	LC
Orinoco piculet	Picumnus pumilus	9-10	LC
Golden-spangled piculet	Picumnus exilis	8.5-10	LC
Ecuadorian piculet	Picumnus sclateri	10-12	LC
Scaled piculet	Picumnus squamulatus	7-12	LC
White-bellied piculet	Picumnus spilogaster	7-12	VU
Arrowhead piculet	Picumnus minutissimus	11-16	LC
Speckle-chested piculet	Picumnus steindachneri	10	EN
White-barred piculet	Picumnus cirratus	6.3-12	LC
Ocellated piculet	Picumnus dorbignyanus	7-11	LC
Ochre-collared piculet	Picumnus temminckii	10-12.5	LC
White-wedged piculet	Picumnus albosquamatus	9-11	LC
Rufous-breasted piculet	Picumnus rufiventris	12-21	LC
Ochraceous piculet	Picumnus limae	8-12	LC
Mottled piculet	Picumnus nebulosus	11-12	NT
Plain-breasted piculet	Picumnus castelnau	11-12	LC
Fine-barred piculet	Picumnus subtilis	10-11	LC
Olivaceous piculet	Picumnus olivaceus	10-15	LC
Greyish piculet	Picumnus granadensis	12-13	LC
Rufous piculet	Sasia abnormis	9.2	LC
White-browed piculet	Sasia ochracea	8-11	LC
Antillean piculet	Nesoctites micromegas	26-33	LC
Heart-spotted woodpecker	Hemicircus canente	37-50	LC
White woodpecker	Melanerpes candidus	98-131	LC
Lewis's woodpecker	Melanerpes lewis	88-139	LC
Guadeloupe woodpecker	Melanerpes herminieri	69-97	LC
Puerto Rican woodpecker	Melanerpes portoricensis	56	LC
Red-headed woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus	56-97	LC
Acorn woodpecker	Melanerpes formicivorus	65-90	LC
Black-cheeked woodpecker	Melanerpes pucherani	42-68	LC
Hispaniolan woodpecker	Melanerpes striatus	65-92	LC
Jamaican woodpecker	Melanerpes radiolatus	92-131	LC
Golden-cheeked woodpecker	Melanerpes chrysogenys	55-88	LC
Grey-breasted woodpecker	Melanerpes hypopolius	46-54	LC
Red-crowned woodpecker	Melanerpes rubricapillus	40-65	LC
Hoffmann's woodpecker	Melanerpes hoffmannii	62-84	LC
Golden-fronted woodpecker	Melanerpes aurifrons	65-102	LC
Velasquez's woodpecker	Melanerpes santacruzi	65-102	LC
Red-bellied woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	56-91	LC
West Indian woodpecker	Melanerpes superciliaris	48-126	LC
Williamson's sapsucker	Sphyrapicus thyroideus	44-55	LC
Yellow-bellied sapsucker	Sphyrapicus varius	35-62	LC
Red-naped sapsucker	Sphyrapicus nuchalis	32-66	LC
Cuban green woodpecker	Xiphidiopicus percussus	48-97	LC
Buff-spotted woodpecker	Pardipicus nivosus	30-49	LC
Ground woodpecker	Geocolaptes olivaceus	120	NT
Fine-spotted woodpecker	Campethera punctuligera	56-74	LC
Bennett's woodpecker	Campethera bennettii	61-84	LC
Golden-tailed woodpecker	Campethera abingoni	55-70	LC
Mombasa woodpecker	Campethera mombassica	50-71	LC
Little green woodpecker	Campethera maculosa	54	LC
Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus nanus	13-17	LC
Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus canicapillus	20-32	LC
Philippine pygmy woodpecker	Yungipicus maculatus	22-30	LC
American three-toed woodpecker	Picoides dorsalis	55	LC
Black-backed woodpecker	Picoides arcticus	60-88	LC
Middle spotted woodpecker	Dendrocoptes medius	50-80	LC
Yellow-crowned woodpecker	Leiopicus mahrattensis	28-46	LC
Speckle-breasted woodpecker	Dendropicos poecilolaemus	25-30	LC
Abyssinian woodpecker	Dendropicos abyssinicus	23-26	LC
Gabon woodpecker	Dendropicos gabonensis	24-30	LC
Nuttall's woodpecker	Dryobates nuttallii	30-45	LC
Ladder-backed woodpecker	Dryobates scalaris	21-48	LC
Downy woodpecker	Dryobates pubescens	20-33	LC
Lesser spotted woodpecker	Dryobates minor	17-25	LC
Little woodpecker	Veniliornis passerinus	24-37	LC
Dot-fronted woodpecker	Veniliornis frontalis	30-40	LC
White-spotted woodpecker	Veniliornis spilogaster	35-45	LC
Checkered woodpecker	Veniliornis mixtus	30-37	LC
Striped woodpecker	Veniliornis lignarius	35-39	LC
Scarlet-backed woodpecker	Veniliornis callonotus	23-33	LC
Yellow-vented woodpecker	Veniliornis dignus	35-46	LC
Bar-bellied woodpecker	Veniliornis nigriceps	39-46	LC
Blood-colored woodpecker	Veniliornis sanguineus	23-30	LC
Red-rumped woodpecker	Veniliornis kirkii	30-42	LC
Red-stained woodpecker	Veniliornis affinis	32-44	LC
Chocó woodpecker	Veniliornis chocoensis	30	NT
Golden-collared woodpecker	Veniliornis cassini	24-38	LC
Red-cockaded woodpecker	Leuconotopicus borealis	40-56	LC
Smoky-brown woodpecker	Leuconotopicus fumigatus	31-50	LC
Hairy woodpecker	Leuconotopicus villosus	40-95	LC
Smoky-brown woodpecker	Leuconotopicus fumigatus	31-50	LC
Stripe-breasted woodpecker	Dendrocopos atratus	42-52	LC
Himalayan woodpecker	Dendrocopos himalayensis	57-85	LC
Sind woodpecker	Dendrocopos assimilis	42-64	LC
Rufous-winged woodpecker	Piculus simplex	51-55	LC
White-throated woodpecker	Piculus leucolaemus	69	LC
Yellow-throated woodpecker	Piculus flavigula	44-63	LC
Golden-green woodpecker	Piculus chrysochloros	55-91	LC
Yellow-browed woodpecker	Piculus aurulentus	22-68	NT
Grey-crowned woodpecker	Colaptes auricularis	65	LC
Crimson-mantled woodpecker	Colaptes rivolii	85-112	LC
Black-necked woodpecker	Colaptes atricollis	73-90	LC
Spot-breasted woodpecker	Colaptes punctigula	50-79	LC
Green-barred woodpecker	Colaptes melanochloros	80-178	LC
Northern flicker	Colaptes auratus	86-167	LC
Chilean flicker	Colaptes pitius	100-163	LC
Campo flicker	Colaptes campestris	150	LC
Cinnamon woodpecker	Celeus loricatus	74-83	LC
Waved woodpecker	Celeus undatus	58-75	LC
Chestnut-colored woodpecker	Celeus castaneus	80-105	LC
Chestnut woodpecker	Celeus elegans	93-168	LC
Pale-crested woodpecker	Celeus lugubris	112-157	LC
Blond-crested woodpecker	Celeus flavescens	110-165	LC
Cream-colored woodpecker	Celeus flavus	95-200	LC
Rufous-headed woodpecker	Celeus spectabilis	111	LC
Kaempfer's woodpecker	Celeus obrieni	85-105	VU
Ringed woodpecker	Celeus torquatus	107-135
Helmeted woodpecker	Celeus galeatus	124-150	VU
Lineated woodpecker	Dryocopus lineatus	136-264	LC
Pileated woodpecker	Dryocopus pileatus	225-400	LC
White-bellied woodpecker	Dryocopus javensis	197-350	LC
Andaman woodpecker	Dryocopus hodgei	156-255	VU
Black woodpecker	Dryocopus martius	250-400	LC
Splendid woodpecker	Campephilus splendens	225-250	NT
Crimson-bellied woodpecker	Campephilus haematogaster	225-250	LC
Red-necked woodpecker	Campephilus rubricollis	178-236	LC
Robust woodpecker	Campephilus robustus	230-294	LC
Crimson-crested woodpecker	Campephilus melanoleucos	225-281	LC
Pale-billed woodpecker	Campephilus guatemalensis	205-282	LC
Guayaquil woodpecker	Campephilus gayaquilensis	230-253	LC
Cream-backed woodpecker	Campephilus leucopogon	203-281	LC
Magellanic woodpecker	Campephilus magellanicus	276-369	LC
Black-headed woodpecker	Picus erythropygius	100-135	LC
Grey-headed woodpecker	Picus canus	125	LC
Bay woodpecker	Blythipicus pyrrhotis	126-170	LC
Great slaty woodpecker	Mulleripicus pulverulentus	360-563	VU

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