Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution White woodpecker Melanerpes candidus Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Lewis's woodpecker Melanerpes lewis United States Guadeloupe woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri Guadeloupe archipelago Puerto Rican woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis Puerto Rico Red-headed woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus southern Canada and the east-central United States. Acorn woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus Oregon, California, and the southwestern United States, south through Central America to Colombia.