page_title: List of birds of Kerala
section_title: Woodpeckers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Kerala / Woodpeckers
caption_attribution_description: Dinopium benghalense (Black-rumped Flameback, a.k.a. Golden-backed Woodpecker) shot from Chalakudy, Kerala, India.
context_page_description: The state of Kerala, India, has 552 bird species within its boundaries.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of the IOC World Bird List, version 10.2. This list also uses British English throughout. Any bird names or other wording follows that convention. The species list and English names are entirely based on the Checklist of Birds of Kerala published in November 2015.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fit within any of these categories.
  Accidental - Also known as a rarity, it refers to a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Kerala-typically less than ten confirmed records.
context_section_description: Order: Piciformes   Family: Picidae
  Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. 
  Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla
  Speckled piculet, Picumnus innominatus
  Heart-spotted woodpecker, Hemicircus canente
  Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker, Yungipicus nanus
  Yellow-crowned woodpecker, Leiopicus mahrattensis
  White-bellied woodpecker, Dryocopus javensis
  Lesser yellownape, Picus chlorolophus
  Streak-throated woodpecker, Picus xanthopygaeus
  Scaly-bellied woodpecker, Picus squamatus
  Common flameback, Dinopium javanense
  Black-rumped flameback, Dinopium benghalense
  Greater flameback, Chrysocolaptes lucidus
  White-naped woodpecker, Chrysocolaptes festivus
  Rufous woodpecker, Micropternus brachyurus
caption: Black-rumped flameback in Chalakudy
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