Genus

Melanerpes Swainson, 1832

melanerpine woodpeckers

Melanerpes carolinus
Red-bellied woodpecker
side view of female at hole in tree

Species of the Melanerpes genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:

  Melanerpes carolinus
Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-headed Woodpecker

The genus Melanerpes is a member of the Picidae - Woodpeckers and Wrynecks family.