Picidae

Pica-paus

Os pica-paus formam uma vasta família, que inclui também os torcicolos e os chupa-seivas. Têm uma distribuição muito alargada, mas faltam na Australásia, assim como em Madagáscar e nas regiões polares. A maioria das espécies vive em zonas arborizadas e alimenta-se de invertebrados, que procuram sob a casca das árvores. Os pica-paus conseguem produzir sons não vocais martelando na madeira e usam estes sons para comunicar.

Espécies: 241

Distribuição: Europa, África, Ásia e Américas

ESPÉCIES

NOME CIENTÍFICO / SCIENTIFIC NAMENOME PORTUGUÊSENGLISH NAMECONS
Jynx torquillatorcicolo-eurasiáticoEurasian WryneckLC
Jynx ruficollistorcicolo-de-garganta-vermelhaRed-throated WryneckLC
Picumnus innominatuspica-pauzinho-asiáticoSpeckled PiculetLC
Picumnus aurifronspica-pauzinho-amazónicoBar-breasted PiculetLC
Picumnus lafresnayipica-pauzinho-de-lafresnayeLafresnaye’s PiculetLC
Picumnus pumiluspica-pauzinho-do-orinocoOrinoco PiculetLC
Picumnus exilispica-pauzinho-de-testa-douradaGolden-spangled PiculetLC
Picumnus sclateripica-pauzinho-equatorianoEcuadorian PiculetLC
Picumnus squamulatuspica-pauzinho-de-escamas-pretasScaled Piculet
Picumnus spilogasterpica-pauzinho-de-barriga-brancaWhite-bellied PiculetVU
Picumnus minutissimuspica-pauzinho-guianenseArrowhead PiculetLC
Picumnus pygmaeuspica-pauzinho-pintalgadoSpotted PiculetLC
Picumnus steindachneripica-pauzinho-do-huallagaSpeckle-chested PiculetEN
Picumnus varzeaepica-pauzinho-da-várzeaVarzea PiculetEN
Picumnus cirratuspica-pauzinho-barradoWhite-barred PiculetLC
Picumnus dorbignyanuspica-pauzinho-oceladoOcellated PiculetLC
Picumnus temminckiipica-pauzinho-de-faces-ocresOchre-collared PiculetLC
Picumnus albosquamatuspica-pauzinho-de-escamas-brancasWhite-wedged PiculetLC
Picumnus fuscuspica-pauzinho-de-faces-castanhasRusty-necked PiculetLC
Picumnus rufiventrispica-pauzinho-ruivoRufous-breasted PiculetLC
Picumnus limaepica-pauzinho-cearenseOchraceous PiculetLC
Picumnus nebulosuspica-pauzinho-meridionalMottled PiculetNT
Picumnus castelnaupica-pauzinho-de-peito-lisoPlain-breasted PiculetLC
Picumnus subtilispica-pauzinho-de-cuzcoFine-barred PiculetLC
Picumnus olivaceuspica-pauzinho-oliváceoOlivaceous PiculetLC
Picumnus granadensispica-pauzinho-colombianoGreyish PiculetLC
Picumnus cinnamomeuspica-pauzinho-canelaChestnut PiculetLC
Verreauxia africanapica-pau-pigmeu-africanoAfrican PiculetLC
Sasia abnormispica-pau-pigmeu-ruivoRufous PiculetLC
Sasia ochraceapica-pau-pigmeu-de-sobrancelha-brancaWhite-browed PiculetLC
Nesoctites micromegaspica-pau-anão-das-antilhasAntillean PiculetLC
Hemicircus concretuspica-pau-atarracadoGrey-and-buff Woodpecker
Hemicircus canentepica-pau-canenteHeart-spotted WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes candiduspica-pau-brancoWhite WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes lewispica-pau-de-lewisLewis’s WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes herminieripica-pau-de-guadalupeGuadeloupe WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes portoricensispica-pau-porto-riquenhoPuerto Rican WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes erythrocephaluspica-pau-de-cabeça-vermelhaRed-headed WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes formicivoruspica-pau-das-bolotasAcorn WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes cruentatuspica-pau-de-penachos-amarelosYellow-tufted WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes flavifronspica-pau-de-testa-amarelaYellow-fronted WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes chrysauchenpica-pau-de-nuca-douradaGolden-naped WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes pulcherpica-pau-do-magdalenaBeautiful WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes pucheranipica-pau-centro-americanoBlack-cheeked WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes cactorumpica-pau-dos-cactosWhite-fronted WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes striatuspica-pau-dominicanoHispaniolan WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes radiolatuspica-pau-jamaicanoJamaican WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes chrysogenyspica-pau-de-faces-amarelasGolden-cheeked WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes hypopoliuspica-pau-do-balsasGrey-breasted WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes pygmaeuspica-pau-do-iucatãoYucatan WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes rubricapilluspica-pau-de-coroa-vermelhaRed-crowned WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes uropygialispica-pau-do-desertoGila WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes hoffmanniipica-pau-de-hoffmannHoffmann’s WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes aurifronspica-pau-de-testa-douradaGolden-fronted WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes santacruzipica-pau-de-santa-cruzVelasquez’s Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinuspica-pau-carolinoRed-bellied WoodpeckerLC
Melanerpes superciliarispica-pau-das-antilhasWest Indian WoodpeckerLC
Sphyrapicus thyroideuschupa-seiva-pretoWilliamson’s SapsuckerLC
Sphyrapicus variuschupa-seiva-de-barriga-amarelaYellow-bellied SapsuckerLC
Sphyrapicus nuchalischupa-seiva-de-nuca-vermelhaRed-naped SapsuckerLC
Sphyrapicus ruberchupa-seiva-de-peito-ruivoRed-breasted SapsuckerLC
Xiphidiopicus percussuspica-pau-verde-cubanoCuban Green WoodpeckerLC
Pardipicus nivosuspica-pau-das-térmitasBuff-spotted WoodpeckerLC
Pardipicus carolipica-pau-d’orelhas-castanhasBrown-eared WoodpeckerLC
Geocolaptes olivaceuspica-pau-terrestreGround WoodpeckerNT
Campethera punctuligerapica-pau-ponteadoFine-spotted WoodpeckerLC
Campethera bennettiipica-pau-de-bennettBennett’s WoodpeckerLC
Campethera scriptoricaudapica-pau-tanzanianoSpeckle-throated WoodpeckerLC
Campethera nubicapica-pau-núbioNubian WoodpeckerLC
Campethera abingonipica-pau-de-cauda-douradaGolden-tailed WoodpeckerLC
Campethera mombassicapica-pau-de-mombaçaMombasa WoodpeckerLC
Campethera notatapica-pau-de-knysnaKnysna WoodpeckerNT
Campethera cailliautiipica-pau-de-dorso-verdeLittle Spotted Woodpecker
Campethera maculosapica-pau-de-costas-douradasLittle Green Woodpecker
Campethera tullbergipica-pau-de-tullbergTullberg’s Woodpecker
Campethera taeniolaemapica-pau-zebradoFine-banded Woodpecker
Yungipicus temminckiipica-pau-de-celebesSulawesi Pygmy WoodpeckerLC
Yungipicus nanuspica-pau-de-touca-castanhaBrown-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerLC
Yungipicus canicapilluspica-pau-de-barrete-cinzentoGrey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerLC
Yungipicus maculatuspica-pau-pequeno-filipinoPhilippine Pygmy WoodpeckerLC
Yungipicus ramsayipica-pau-das-suluSulu Pygmy WoodpeckerVU
Yungipicus moluccensispica-pau-das-sundasSunda Pygmy WoodpeckerLC
Yungipicus kizukipica-pau-kizukiJapanese Pygmy WoodpeckerLC
Picoides tridactyluspica-pau-tridáctiloEurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalispica-pau-de-dorso-barradoAmerican Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides arcticuspica-pau-de-dorso-pretoBlack-backed WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocoptes doraepica-pau-árabeArabian WoodpeckerNT
Dendrocoptes auricepspica-pau-de-testa-castanhaBrown-fronted WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocoptes mediuspica-pau-médioMiddle Spotted WoodpeckerLC
Leiopicus mahrattensispica-pau-marataYellow-crowned WoodpeckerLC
Chloropicus namaquuspica-pau-de-bigodesBearded WoodpeckerLC
Chloropicus xantholophuspica-pau-de-crista-amarelaYellow-crested WoodpeckerLC
Chloropicus pyrrhogasterpica-pau-ventre-de-fogoFire-bellied WoodpeckerLC
Dendropicos elachuspica-pau-sahelianoLittle Grey WoodpeckerLC
Dendropicos poecilolaemuspica-pau-de-peito-malhadoSpeckle-breasted WoodpeckerLC
Dendropicos abyssinicuspica-pau-abissínioAbyssinian WoodpeckerLC
Dendropicos fuscescenspica-pau-cardealCardinal WoodpeckerLC
Dendropicos gabonensispica-pau-gabonêsGabon WoodpeckerLC
Dendropicos lugubrispica-pau-lúgubreMelancholy WoodpeckerLC
Dendropicos stierlingipica-pau-de-stierlingStierling’s WoodpeckerNT
Dendropicos elliotiipica-pau-de-elliotElliot’s Woodpecker
Dendropicos goertaepica-pau-de-peito-cinzentoAfrican Grey WoodpeckerLC
Dendropicos spodocephaluspica-pau-etíopeEastern Grey WoodpeckerLC
Dendropicos griseocephaluspica-pau-de-cabeça-cinzentaOlive WoodpeckerLC
Dendropicos obsoletuspica-pau-de-dorso-castanhoBrown-backed WoodpeckerLC
Dryobates nuttalliipica-pau-galego-da-califórniaNuttall’s WoodpeckerLC
Dryobates scalarispica-pau-galego-mexicanoLadder-backed WoodpeckerLC
Dryobates pubescenspica-pau-galego-americanoDowny WoodpeckerLC
Dryobates cathphariuspica-pau-galego-orientalCrimson-naped Woodpecker
Dryobates pernyiipica-pau-galego-de-colarNecklaced Woodpecker
Dryobates minorpica-pau-galego-eurasiáticoLesser Spotted WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis passerinuspica-pau-pequeno-sul-americanoLittle WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis frontalispica-pau-dos-yungasDot-fronted WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis spilogasterpica-pau-de-pintas-brancasWhite-spotted WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis mixtuspica-pau-axadrezadoCheckered WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis lignariuspica-pau-australStriped WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis callonotuspica-pau-de-dorso-escarlateScarlet-backed WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis dignuspica-pau-de-barriga-amarelaYellow-vented WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis nigricepspica-pau-barradoBar-bellied WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis sanguineuspica-pau-sanguíneoBlood-colored WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis kirkiipica-pau-d’uropígio-vermelhoRed-rumped WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis affinispica-pau-de-manchas-vermelhasRed-stained WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis chocoensispica-pau-do-chocóChoco WoodpeckerNT
Veniliornis cassinipica-pau-de-colar-douradoGolden-collared WoodpeckerLC
Veniliornis maculifronspica-pau-d’orelhas-amarelasYellow-eared WoodpeckerLC
Leuconotopicus borealispica-pau-de-faces-brancasRed-cockaded WoodpeckerNT
Leuconotopicus fumigatuspica-pau-pardoSmoky-brown WoodpeckerLC
Leuconotopicus arizonaepica-pau-do-arizonaArizona WoodpeckerLC
Leuconotopicus stricklandipica-pau-de-stricklandStrickland’s WoodpeckerLC
Leuconotopicus villosuspica-pau-cabeludoHairy WoodpeckerLC
Leuconotopicus albolarvatuspica-pau-de-cabeça-brancaWhite-headed WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocopos hyperythruspica-pau-de-barriga-ruivaRufous-bellied WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocopos maceipica-pau-de-peito-fulvoFulvous-breasted WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocopos analispica-pau-de-peito-sardentoFreckle-breasted WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocopos atratuspica-pau-de-peito-estriadoStripe-breasted WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocopos darjellensispica-pau-de-darjeelingDarjeeling WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocopos himalayensispica-pau-dos-himalaiasHimalayan WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocopos assimilispica-pau-de-sindeSind WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocopos syriacuspica-pau-sírioSyrian WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocopos leucopteruspica-pau-d’asa-brancaWhite-winged WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocopos majorpica-pau-malhadoGreat Spotted WoodpeckerLC
Dendrocopos noguchiipica-pau-de-okinawaOkinawa WoodpeckerCR
Dendrocopos leucotospica-pau-de-dorso-brancoWhite-backed Woodpecker
Piculus simplexpica-pau-d’asa-ruivaRufous-winged WoodpeckerLC
Piculus callopteruspica-pau-panamenseStripe-cheeked WoodpeckerLC
Piculus leucolaemuspica-pau-de-garganta-brancaWhite-throated WoodpeckerLC
Piculus litaepica-pau-de-litaLita WoodpeckerLC
Piculus flavigulapica-pau-de-garganta-amarelaYellow-throated WoodpeckerLC
Piculus chrysochlorospica-pau-verde-e-douradoGolden-green WoodpeckerLC
Piculus aurulentuspica-pau-de-sobrancelha-amarelaYellow-browed WoodpeckerNT
Colaptes rubiginosuspica-pau-oliváceoGolden-olive Woodpecker
Colaptes aeruginosuspica-pau-bronzeadoBronze-winged Woodpecker
Colaptes auricularispica-pau-de-coroa-cinzentaGrey-crowned WoodpeckerLC
Colaptes rivoliipica-pau-de-manto-carmimCrimson-mantled Woodpecker
Colaptes atricollispica-pau-peruanoBlack-necked WoodpeckerLC
Colaptes punctigulapica-pau-de-peito-sarapintadoSpot-breasted WoodpeckerLC
Colaptes melanochlorospica-pau-verde-barradoGreen-barred Woodpecker
Colaptes auratuspica-pau-mosqueadoNorthern Flicker
Colaptes mexicanoidespica-pau-guatemaltecoGuatemalan Flicker
Colaptes chrysoidespica-pau-da-califórniaGilded FlickerLC
Colaptes oceanicuspica-pau-bermudenseBermuda FlickerEX
Colaptes fernandinaepica-pau-cubanoFernandina’s FlickerVU
Colaptes pitiuspica-pau-chilenoChilean FlickerLC
Colaptes rupicolapica-pau-andinoAndean Flicker
Colaptes campestrispica-pau-do-campoCampo Flicker
Celeus loricatuspica-pau-canelaCinnamon WoodpeckerLC
Celeus undatuspica-pau-onduladoWaved Woodpecker
Celeus castaneuspica-pau-avelãChestnut-colored WoodpeckerLC
Celeus eleganspica-pau-eleganteChestnut WoodpeckerLC
Celeus lugubrispica-pau-louroPale-crested WoodpeckerLC
Celeus flavescenspica-pau-de-cabeça-amarelaBlond-crested WoodpeckerLC
Celeus ochraceuspica-pau-ocráceoOchre-backed WoodpeckerLC
Celeus flavuspica-pau-amareloCream-colored WoodpeckerLC
Celeus spectabilispica-pau-de-cabeça-ruivaRufous-headed WoodpeckerLC
Celeus obrienipica-pau-do-parnaíbaKaempfer’s WoodpeckerVU
Celeus torquatuspica-pau-de-colar-pretoRinged Woodpecker
Celeus galeatuspica-pau-de-capaceteHelmeted WoodpeckerVU
Dryocopus schulziipica-pau-de-faixa-brancaBlack-bodied WoodpeckerNT
Dryocopus lineatuspica-pau-listadoLineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatuspica-pau-grande-americanoPileated WoodpeckerLC
Dryocopus javensispica-pau-de-barriga-brancaWhite-bellied WoodpeckerLC
Dryocopus hodgeipica-pau-das-andamãoAndaman WoodpeckerVU
Dryocopus martiuspica-pau-pretoBlack WoodpeckerLC
Campephilus pollenspica-pau-poderosoPowerful WoodpeckerLC
Campephilus splendenspica-pau-esplêndidoSplendid Woodpecker
Campephilus haematogasterpica-pau-de-barriga-vermelhaCrimson-bellied Woodpecker
Campephilus rubricollispica-pau-de-pescoço-vermelhoRed-necked WoodpeckerLC
Campephilus robustuspica-pau-robustoRobust WoodpeckerLC
Campephilus melanoleucospica-pau-de-crista-vermelhaCrimson-crested WoodpeckerLC
Campephilus guatemalensispica-pau-de-bico-pálidoPale-billed WoodpeckerLC
Campephilus gayaquilensispica-pau-de-guaiaquilGuayaquil WoodpeckerNT
Campephilus leucopogonpica-pau-de-dorso-cremeCream-backed WoodpeckerLC
Campephilus magellanicuspica-pau-de-magalhãesMagellanic WoodpeckerLC
Campephilus principalispica-pau-de-bico-marfimIvory-billed WoodpeckerCR
Campephilus imperialispica-pau-imperialImperial WoodpeckerCR
Chrysophlegma miniaceumpica-pau-vermelhãoBanded WoodpeckerLC
Chrysophlegma mentalepica-pau-de-garganta-axadrezadaChecker-throated Woodpecker
Chrysophlegma flavinuchapica-pau-de-nuca-amarela-grandeGreater YellownapeLC
Picus chlorolophuspica-pau-de-nuca-amarela-pequenoLesser YellownapeLC
Picus puniceuspica-pau-d’asa-carmesimCrimson-winged WoodpeckerLC
Picus viridanuspica-pau-lanceoladoStreak-breasted WoodpeckerLC
Picus vittatuspica-pau-rendadoLaced WoodpeckerLC
Picus xanthopygaeuspica-pau-de-garganta-listadaStreak-throated WoodpeckerLC
Picus squamatuspica-pau-escamosoScaly-bellied WoodpeckerLC
Picus awokerapica-pau-japonêsJapanese Green WoodpeckerLC
Picus viridispica-pau-verde-europeuEuropean Green WoodpeckerLC
Picus sharpeipica-pau-verde-ibéricoIberian Green WoodpeckerLC
Picus vaillantiipica-pau-mouriscoLevaillant’s WoodpeckerLC
Picus rabieripica-pau-de-colar-vermelhoRed-collared WoodpeckerNT
Picus erythropygiuspica-pau-de-cabeça-pretaBlack-headed WoodpeckerLC
Picus canuspica-pau-cinzentoGrey-headed Woodpecker
Picus dedemipica-pau-de-samatraSumatran Woodpecker
Dinopium shoriipica-pau-incandescente-dos-himalaiasHimalayan FlamebackLC
Dinopium javanensepica-pau-incandescente-comumCommon FlamebackLC
Dinopium everettipica-pau-incandescente-filipinoSpot-throated FlamebackNT
Dinopium benghalensepica-pau-incandescente-indianoBlack-rumped FlamebackLC
Dinopium psarodespica-pau-incandescente-vermelhoRed-backed FlamebackLC
Chrysocolaptes validuspica-pau-vigorosoOrange-backed WoodpeckerLC
Chrysocolaptes luciduspica-pau-sultão-malhadoBuff-spotted FlamebackLC
Chrysocolaptes haematribonpica-pau-sultão-de-luçãoLuzon FlamebackLC
Chrysocolaptes xanthocephaluspica-pau-sultão-de-faces-amarelasYellow-faced FlamebackEN
Chrysocolaptes erythrocephaluspica-pau-sultão-de-cabeça-vermelhaRed-headed FlamebackEN
Chrysocolaptes strictuspica-pau-sultão-javanêsJavan FlamebackVU
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatuspica-pau-sultão-grandeGreater FlamebackLC
Chrysocolaptes socialispica-pau-sultão-do-malabarMalabar Flameback
Chrysocolaptes stricklandipica-pau-sultão-do-ceilãoCrimson-backed Flameback
Chrysocolaptes festivuspica-pau-sultão-de-dorso-brancoWhite-naped WoodpeckerLC
Gecinulus grantiapica-pau-do-bambu-nortenhoPale-headed WoodpeckerLC
Gecinulus viridispica-pau-do-bambu-meridionalBamboo WoodpeckerLC
Gecinulus rafflesiipica-pau-incandescente-de-rafflesOlive-backed WoodpeckerNT
Blythipicus rubiginosuspica-pau-bordôMaroon WoodpeckerLC
Blythipicus pyrrhotispica-pau-d’orelhas-vermelhasBay WoodpeckerLC
Micropternus brachyuruspica-pau-ferrugíneoRufous WoodpeckerLC
Meiglyptes grammithoraxpica-pau-d’uropígio-begeBuff-rumped Woodpecker
Meiglyptes tristispica-pau-tristeZebra Woodpecker
Meiglyptes jugularispica-pau-dominóBlack-and-buff WoodpeckerLC
Meiglyptes tukkipica-pau-tukikBuff-necked WoodpeckerNT
Mulleripicus fulvuspica-pau-fuliginoso-de-celebesAshy WoodpeckerLC
Mulleripicus funebrispica-pau-filipino-nortenhoNorthern Sooty WoodpeckerNT
Mulleripicus fuliginosuspica-pau-filipino-meridionalSouthern Sooty WoodpeckerVU
Mulleripicus pulverulentuspica-pau-ardósiaGreat Slaty WoodpeckerVU