Medium-sized woodpecker with a solid black back, single white stripe on the face, and barred flanks. Males have a yellow crown patch.
Medium-sized, mostly black woodpecker with single white cheek stripe and barred flanks. Wings have reduced white spotting. Like the American Three-toed Woodpecker, has 3 instead of 4 toes.
A medium-sized woodpecker with a long, powerful bill; inky black back; and fine black barring on the flanks. Male has a yellow crown patch, lacking in adult female but present in juvenile.
Male has a yellow crown patch, solid black back, and barred flanks. Sometimes appears dingy gray on the underparts from feeding on soot-blackened trees.
Almost entirely black from behind, save for the small white spots on the wings and fully white outer tail feathers.
Best known as a specialist in burned forests, but also forages in unburned forest, particularly on trees infested with bark beetles.
Females have a black crown, a white stripe on the face, and barred flanks. Found across the boreal forest and in the mountains of western North America, particularly in recently burned forests where wood-boring insects are abundant.
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A medium-sized woodpecker with a large head and a long, powerful bill for its size. It has broad wings and a medium-length tail.
Larger than a Downy Woodpecker, smaller than a Northern Flicker; about the size of a Hairy Woodpecker.
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