Les Picidés sont des oiseaux de la taille d'un moineau à celle d'une corneille. Ils sont adaptés morphologiquement à la vie arboricole. Leurs pattes solides sont pourvues de quatre longs doigts (rarement trois) terminés de griffes puissantes, deux tournés vers l'avant et deux vers l'arrière, facilitant la préhension des troncs et des branches. La queue possède des rectrices cornées très rigides et pointues qui leur servent de point d'appui bas pour le corps dans leur station verticale le long d'un tronc ou d'une branche. Ils ont un bec droit, tronqué et tranchant à son extrémité. Ils s'en servent pour creuser le bois mort ou vivant pour trouver leur nourriture ou creuser leur loge de nidification. Les espèces se nourrissant au sol s'en servent pour creuser le sol et accéder à leurs proies. Ce sont des insectivores qui ont une langue étroite et démesurée, enroulée au repos dans une gaine qui contourne le cerveau, et qu'ils déploient lorsqu'ils se nourrissent. Cette langue très tactile est collante et munie de petits crochets à son extrémité. Les pics enfilent leur langue dans les galeries du bois ou du sol pour en extirper les insectes et leurs larves qui s'y trouvent. Des adaptations extrêmes donc dans cette famille d'oiseaux.
Nom commun | Nom scientifique | Nom anglais |
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Grand Pic | Dryocopus pileatus | Pileated Woodpecker |
Pic à ailes blanches | Dendrocopos leucopterus | White-winged Woodpecker |
Pic à ailes bronzées | Colaptes aeruginosus | Bronze-winged Woodpecker |
Pic à ailes rousses | Piculus simplex | Rufous-winged Woodpecker |
Pic à bandeaux | Piculus aurulentus | Yellow-browed Woodpecker |
Pic à bec clair | Campephilus guatemalensis | Pale-billed Woodpecker |
Pic à bec ivoire | Campephilus principalis | Ivory-billed Woodpecker |
Pic à calotte brune | Yungipicus nanus | Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker |
Pic à chevron d'or | Melanerpes cruentatus | Yellow-tufted Woodpecker |
Pic à coiffe grise | Yungipicus canicapillus | Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker |
Pic à cou noir | Colaptes atricollis | Black-necked Woodpecker |
Pic à cou rouge | Campephilus rubricollis | Red-necked Woodpecker |
Pic à couronne d'or | Chloropicus xantholophus | Yellow-crested Woodpecker |
Pic à couronne rouge | Melanerpes rubricapillus | Red-crowned Woodpecker |
Pic à cravate noire | Celeus torquatus | Ringed Woodpecker |
Pic à croupion fauve | Meiglyptes grammithorax | Buff-rumped Woodpecker |
Pic à croupion rouge | Veniliornis kirkii | Red-rumped Woodpecker |
Pic à dos blanc | Dendrocopos leucotos | White-backed Woodpecker |
Pic à dos brun | Dendropicos obsoletus | Brown-backed Woodpecker |
Pic à dos cramoisi | Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus | Greater Flameback |
Pic à dos crème | Campephilus leucopogon | Cream-backed Woodpecker |
Pic à dos noir | Picoides arcticus | Black-backed Woodpecker |
Pic à dos rayé | Picoides dorsalis | American Three-toed Woodpecker |
Pic à dos rouge | Dinopium javanense | Common Flameback |
Pic à face blanche | Leuconotopicus borealis | Red-cockaded Woodpecker |
Pic à face jaune | Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus | Yellow-faced Flameback |
Pic à face rouge | Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus | Red-headed Flameback |
Pic à front doré | Melanerpes aurifrons | Golden-fronted Woodpecker |
Pic à front jaune | Melanerpes flavifrons | Yellow-fronted Woodpecker |
Pic à gorge blanche | Piculus leucolaemus | White-throated Woodpecker |
Pic à gorge jaune | Piculus flavigula | Yellow-throated Woodpecker |
Pic à huppe jaune | Picus chlorolophus | Lesser Yellownape |
Pic à jugulaire | Meiglyptes jugularis | Black-and-buff Woodpecker |
Pic à nuque jaune | Chrysophlegma flavinucha | Greater Yellownape |
Pic à nuque rouge | Sphyrapicus nuchalis | Red-naped Sapsucker |
Pic à oreilles d'or | Veniliornis maculifrons | Yellow-eared Woodpecker |
Pic à oreillons bruns | Pardipicus caroli | Brown-eared Woodpecker |
Pic à oreillons rouges | Blythipicus pyrrhotis | Bay Woodpecker |
Pic à plastron rouge | Dryobates cathpharius | Crimson-naped Woodpecker |
Pic à poitrine rayée | Dendrocopos atratus | Stripe-breasted Woodpecker |
Pic à poitrine rouge | Sphyrapicus ruber | Red-breasted Sapsucker |
Pic à poitrine tachetée | Dendropicos poecilolaemus | Speckle-breasted Woodpecker |
Pic à queue dorée | Campethera abingoni | Golden-tailed Woodpecker |
Pic à raies fines | Campethera taeniolaema | Fine-banded Woodpecker |
Pic à raies noires | Dendropicos lugubris | Melancholy Woodpecker |
Pic à sourcils noirs | Melanerpes superciliaris | West Indian Woodpecker |
Pic à taches noires | Campethera punctuligera | Fine-spotted Woodpecker |
Pic à tête blanche | Leuconotopicus albolarvatus | White-headed Woodpecker |
Pic à tête grise | Colaptes auricularis | Grey-crowned Woodpecker |
Pic à tête jaune | Dendrocoptes auriceps | Brown-fronted Woodpecker |
Pic à tête noire | Picus erythropygius | Black-headed Woodpecker |
Pic à tête pâle | Celeus lugubris | Pale-crested Woodpecker |
Pic à tête rouge | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Red-headed Woodpecker |
Pic à tête rousse | Celeus spectabilis | Rufous-headed Woodpecker |
Pic à ventre barré | Veniliornis nigriceps | Bar-bellied Woodpecker |
Pic à ventre blanc | Dryocopus javensis | White-bellied Woodpecker |
Pic à ventre de feu | Chloropicus pyrrhogaster | Fire-bellied Woodpecker |
Pic à ventre fauve | Dendrocopos hyperythrus | Rufous-bellied Woodpecker |
Pic à ventre jaune | Veniliornis dignus | Yellow-vented Woodpecker |
Pic à ventre ocre | Celeus ochraceus | Ochre-backed Woodpecker |
Pic à ventre roux | Melanerpes carolinus | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Pic à ventre tireté | Dendrocopos analis | Freckle-breasted Woodpecker |
Pic affin | Veniliornis affinis | Red-stained Woodpecker |
Pic alezan | Melanerpes hypopolius | Grey-breasted Woodpecker |
Pic arlequin | Dryobates scalaris | Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
Pic aspergé | Veniliornis spilogaster | White-spotted Woodpecker |
Pic awokéra | Picus awokera | Japanese Green Woodpecker |
Pic barbu | Chloropicus namaquus | Bearded Woodpecker |
Pic barré | Campethera maculosa | Little Green Woodpecker |
Pic bridé | Piculus callopterus | Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker |
Pic brun | Micropternus brachyurus | Rufous Woodpecker |
Pic bûcheron | Veniliornis lignarius | Striped Woodpecker |
Pic canente | Hemicircus canente | Heart-spotted Woodpecker |
Pic cannelle | Celeus loricatus | Cinnamon Woodpecker |
Pic cardinal | Dendropicos fuscescens | Cardinal Woodpecker |
Pic casqué | Celeus galeatus | Helmeted Woodpecker |
Pic cendré | Picus canus | Grey-headed Woodpecker |
Pic champêtre | Colaptes campestris | Campo Flicker |
Pic chevelu | Leuconotopicus villosus | Hairy Woodpecker |
Pic chrysoïde | Colaptes chrysoides | Gilded Flicker |
Pic d'Abyssinie | Dendropicos abyssinicus | Abyssinian Woodpecker |
Pic d'Arabie | Dendrocoptes dorae | Arabian Woodpecker |
Pic d'Arizona | Leuconotopicus arizonae | Arizona Woodpecker |
Pic d'Elliott | Dendropicos elliotii | Elliot's Woodpecker |
Pic d'Everett | Dinopium everetti | Spot-throated Flameback |
Pic d'Hispaniola | Melanerpes striatus | Hispaniolan Woodpecker |
Pic d'O'Brien | Celeus obrieni | Kaempfer's Woodpecker |
Pic d'Okinawa | Dendrocopos noguchii | Okinawa Woodpecker |
Pic de Bennett | Campethera bennettii | Bennett's Woodpecker |
Pic de Cailliaut | Campethera cailliautii | Little Spotted Woodpecker |
Pic de Cassin | Veniliornis cassini | Golden-collared Woodpecker |
Pic de Cayenne | Colaptes punctigula | Spot-breasted Woodpecker |
Pic de Darjiling | Dendrocopos darjellensis | Darjeeling Woodpecker |
Pic de Dedem | Picus dedemi | Sumatran Woodpecker |
Pic de Fernandina | Colaptes fernandinae | Fernandina's Flicker |
Pic de Goa | Chrysocolaptes festivus | White-naped Woodpecker |
Pic de Guayaquil | Campephilus gayaquilensis | Guayaquil Woodpecker |
Pic de Hoffmann | Melanerpes hoffmannii | Hoffmann's Woodpecker |
Pic de Java | Chrysocolaptes strictus | Javan Flameback |
Pic de l'Himalaya | Dendrocopos himalayensis | Himalayan Woodpecker |
Pic de la Guadeloupe | Melanerpes herminieri | Guadeloupe Woodpecker |
Pic de la Jamaïque | Melanerpes radiolatus | Jamaican Woodpecker |
Pic de Levaillant | Picus vaillantii | Levaillant's Woodpecker |
Pic de Lewis | Melanerpes lewis | Lewis's Woodpecker |
Pic de Lichtenstein | Dinopium psarodes | Red-backed Flameback |
Pic de Lita | Piculus litae | Lita Woodpecker |
Pic de Luçon | Chrysocolaptes haematribon | Luzon Flameback |
Pic de Macé | Dendrocopos macei | Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker |
Pic de Magellan | Campephilus magellanicus | Magellanic Woodpecker |
Pic de Malabar | Chrysocolaptes socialis | Malabar Flameback |
Pic de Malherbe | Campephilus melanoleucos | Crimson-crested Woodpecker |
Pic de Mombasa | Campethera mombassica | Mombasa Woodpecker |
Pic de Nubie | Campethera nubica | Nubian Woodpecker |
Pic de Nuttall | Dryobates nuttallii | Nuttall's Woodpecker |
Pic de Perny | Dryobates pernyii | Necklaced Woodpecker |
Pic de Porto Rico | Melanerpes portoricensis | Puerto Rican Woodpecker |
Pic de Pucheran | Melanerpes pucherani | Black-cheeked Woodpecker |
Pic de Rabier | Picus rabieri | Red-collared Woodpecker |
Pic de Ramsay | Yungipicus ramsayi | Sulu Pygmy Woodpecker |
Pic de Reichenow | Campethera scriptoricauda | Speckle-throated Woodpecker |
Pic de Rivoli | Colaptes rivolii | Crimson-mantled Woodpecker |
Pic de Santa Cruz | Melanerpes santacruzi | Velasquez's Woodpecker |
Pic de Sharpe | Picus sharpei | Iberian Green Woodpecker |
Pic de Shore | Dinopium shorii | Himalayan Flameback |
Pic de Stierling | Dendropicos stierlingi | Stierling's Woodpecker |
Pic de Strickland | Leuconotopicus stricklandi | Strickland's Woodpecker |
Pic de Temminck | Yungipicus temminckii | Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker |
Pic de Tullberg | Campethera tullbergi | Tullberg's Woodpecker |
Pic de Williamson | Sphyrapicus thyroideus | Williamson's Sapsucker |
Pic des Andaman | Dryocopus hodgei | Andaman Woodpecker |
Pic des bambous | Gecinulus viridis | Bamboo Woodpecker |
Pic des Bermudes | Colaptes oceanicus | Bermuda Flicker |
Pic des cactus | Melanerpes cactorum | White-fronted Woodpecker |
Pic des Philippines | Yungipicus maculatus | Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker |
Pic des rochers | Colaptes rupicola | Andean Flicker |
Pic des saguaros | Melanerpes uropygialis | Gila Woodpecker |
Pic dominicain | Melanerpes candidus | White Woodpecker |
Pic du Bengale | Dinopium benghalense | Black-rumped Flameback |
Pic du Chili | Colaptes pitius | Chilean Flicker |
Pic du Chocó | Veniliornis chocoensis | Choco Woodpecker |
Pic du Gabon | Dendropicos gabonensis | Gabon Woodpecker |
Pic du Guatemala | Colaptes mexicanoides | Guatemalan Flicker |
Pic du Sind | Dendrocopos assimilis | Sind Woodpecker |
Pic du Sri Lanka | Chrysocolaptes stricklandi | Crimson-backed Flameback |
Pic du Yucatan | Melanerpes pygmaeus | Yucatan Woodpecker |
Pic écaillé | Picus squamatus | Scaly-bellied Woodpecker |
Pic élégant | Melanerpes chrysogenys | Golden-cheeked Woodpecker |
Pic en deuil | Mulleripicus funebris | Northern Sooty Woodpecker |
Pic enfumé | Leuconotopicus fumigatus | Smoky-brown Woodpecker |
Pic épeiche | Dendrocopos major | Great Spotted Woodpecker |
Pic épeichette | Dryobates minor | Lesser Spotted Woodpecker |
Pic étoilé | Veniliornis frontalis | Dot-fronted Woodpecker |
Pic fauve | Mulleripicus fulvus | Ashy Woodpecker |
Pic flamboyant | Colaptes auratus | Northern Flicker |
Pic fuligineux | Mulleripicus fuliginosus | Southern Sooty Woodpecker |
Pic glandivore | Melanerpes formicivorus | Acorn Woodpecker |
Pic goertan | Dendropicos goertae | African Grey Woodpecker |
Pic gorgeret | Chrysophlegma mentale | Checker-throated Woodpecker |
Pic grantia | Gecinulus grantia | Pale-headed Woodpecker |
Pic grenadin | Picus puniceus | Crimson-winged Woodpecker |
Pic gris | Dendropicos elachus | Little Grey Woodpecker |
Pic impérial | Campephilus imperialis | Imperial Woodpecker |
Pic jaune | Celeus flavus | Cream-colored Woodpecker |
Pic kisuki | Yungipicus kizuki | Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker |
Pic laboureur | Geocolaptes olivaceus | Ground Woodpecker |
Pic lucifer | Dryocopus schulzii | Black-bodied Woodpecker |
Pic maculé | Sphyrapicus varius | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Pic mahratte | Leiopicus mahrattensis | Yellow-crowned Woodpecker |
Pic mar | Dendrocoptes medius | Middle Spotted Woodpecker |
Pic masqué | Melanerpes chrysauchen | Golden-naped Woodpecker |
Pic médiastin | Picus vittatus | Laced Woodpecker |
Pic meunier | Mulleripicus pulverulentus | Great Slaty Woodpecker |
Pic mineur | Dryobates pubescens | Downy Woodpecker |
Pic minium | Chrysophlegma miniaceum | Banded Woodpecker |
Pic mordoré | Celeus elegans | Chestnut Woodpecker |
Pic nain | Yungipicus moluccensis | Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker |
Pic noir | Dryocopus martius | Black Woodpecker |
Pic ocré | Celeus flavescens | Blond-crested Woodpecker |
Pic olive | Dendropicos griseocephalus | Olive Woodpecker |
Pic ondé | Celeus undatus | Waved Woodpecker |
Pic or-olive | Colaptes rubiginosus | Golden-olive Woodpecker |
Pic oriflamme | Gecinulus rafflesii | Olive-backed Woodpecker |
Pic ouentou | Dryocopus lineatus | Lineated Woodpecker |
Pic passerin | Veniliornis passerinus | Little Woodpecker |
Pic poignardé | Xiphidiopicus percussus | Cuban Green Woodpecker |
Pic porphyroïde | Blythipicus rubiginosus | Maroon Woodpecker |
Pic puissant | Campephilus pollens | Powerful Woodpecker |
Pic resplendissant | Campephilus splendens | Splendid Woodpecker |
Pic robuste | Campephilus robustus | Robust Woodpecker |
Pic rougeâtre | Veniliornis sanguineus | Blood-colored Woodpecker |
Pic roux | Celeus castaneus | Chestnut-colored Woodpecker |
Pic rubin | Veniliornis callonotus | Scarlet-backed Woodpecker |
Pic splendide | Melanerpes pulcher | Beautiful Woodpecker |
Pic spodocéphale | Dendropicos spodocephalus | Eastern Grey Woodpecker |
Pic strihup | Meiglyptes tristis | Zebra Woodpecker |
Pic striolé | Picus xanthopygaeus | Streak-throated Woodpecker |
Pic sultan | Chrysocolaptes lucidus | Buff-spotted Flameback |
Pic superbe | Campephilus haematogaster | Crimson-bellied Woodpecker |
Pic syriaque | Dendrocopos syriacus | Syrian Woodpecker |
Pic tacheté | Pardipicus nivosus | Buff-spotted Woodpecker |
Pic tigré | Campethera notata | Knysna Woodpecker |
Pic trapu | Hemicircus concretus | Grey-and-buff Woodpecker |
Pic tridactyle | Picoides tridactylus | Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker |
Pic tukki | Meiglyptes tukki | Buff-necked Woodpecker |
Pic varié | Veniliornis mixtus | Checkered Woodpecker |
Pic verdâtre | Picus viridanus | Streak-breasted Woodpecker |
Pic vert | Picus viridis | European Green Woodpecker |
Pic vert-doré | Piculus chrysochloros | Golden-green Woodpecker |
Pic vert et noir | Colaptes melanochloros | Green-barred Woodpecker |
Pic vigoureux | Chrysocolaptes validus | Orange-backed Woodpecker |
Picumne à nuque rousse | Picumnus fuscus | Rusty-necked Piculet |
Picumne à sourcils blancs | Sasia ochracea | White-browed Piculet |
Picumne à ventre blanc | Picumnus spilogaster | White-bellied Piculet |
Picumne à ventre roux | Picumnus rufiventris | Rufous-breasted Piculet |
Picumne barré | Picumnus aurifrons | Bar-breasted Piculet |
Picumne cannelle | Picumnus cinnamomeus | Chestnut Piculet |
Picumne d'Orbigny | Picumnus dorbignyanus | Ocellated Piculet |
Picumne de Buffon | Picumnus exilis | Golden-spangled Piculet |
Picumne de Castelnau | Picumnus castelnau | Plain-breasted Piculet |
Picumne de Cayenne | Picumnus minutissimus | Arrowhead Piculet |
Picumne de Cuzco | Picumnus subtilis | Fine-barred Piculet |
Picumne de l'Orénoque | Picumnus pumilus | Orinoco Piculet |
Picumne de Lafresnaye | Picumnus lafresnayi | Lafresnaye's Piculet |
Picumne de Sclater | Picumnus sclateri | Ecuadorian Piculet |
Picumne de Temminck | Picumnus temminckii | Ochre-collared Piculet |
Picumne de Verreaux | Verreauxia africana | African Piculet |
Picumne des Antilles | Nesoctites micromegas | Antillean Piculet |
Picumne des varzéas | Picumnus varzeae | Varzea Piculet |
Picumne frangé | Picumnus cirratus | White-barred Piculet |
Picumne gris | Picumnus granadensis | Greyish Piculet |
Picumne noir et blanc | Picumnus albosquamatus | White-wedged Piculet |
Picumne ocellé | Picumnus pygmaeus | Spotted Piculet |
Picumne ocré | Picumnus limae | Ochraceous Piculet |
Picumne olivâtre | Picumnus olivaceus | Olivaceous Piculet |
Picumne perlé | Picumnus steindachneri | Speckle-chested Piculet |
Picumne roux | Sasia abnormis | Rufous Piculet |
Picumne squamulé | Picumnus squamulatus | Scaled Piculet |
Picumne strié | Picumnus nebulosus | Mottled Piculet |
Picumne tacheté | Picumnus innominatus | Speckled Piculet |
Torcol à gorge rousse | Jynx ruficollis | Red-throated Wryneck |
Torcol fourmilier | Jynx torquilla | Eurasian Wryneck |