Great spotted, lesser spotted and middle spotted woodpeckers, black, European green and grey-headed woodpeckers, pileated, red-headed, red-bellied and downy woodpeckers. Compare the plumage and visible details of individual birds in documented photographs. An editorial selection, not a rarity ranking or an inference about behavior from one image. Visuals are real Wikimedia Commons photographs, not AI-generated images. Narration is synthesized with Edge TTS. Photographs are resized and fitted to a portrait frame; derived images retain their source licenses. Great spotted woodpecker: Charles J. Sharp; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_spotted_woodpecker_%28Dendrocopos_major%29_male_Drenthe.jpg Lesser spotted woodpecker: Andrey Gulivanov; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Male_lesser_spotted_woodpecker_%28Dryobates_minor%29.png Middle spotted woodpecker: Dion Art; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%91%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB_%28Dendrocoptes_medius%29%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81.jpg Black woodpecker: Dion Art; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%96%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%28Dryocopus_martius%2C_fem%29%2C_%C2%AB%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%88%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%8F%C2%BB.jpg European green woodpecker: Charles J. Sharp; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_green_woodpecker_%28Picus_viridis%29_female_Barnes.jpg Grey-headed woodpecker: Dion Art; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D1%83_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8.jpg Pileated woodpecker: Joshlaymon; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PileatedWoodpeckerFeedingonTree%2C_crop.jpg Red-headed woodpecker: Mdf; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melanerpes-erythrocephalus-003.jpg Red-bellied woodpecker: Bonnie U. Gruenberg; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Bellied_Woodpecker_by_Bonnie_Gruenberg.jpg Downy woodpecker: Cephas; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dryobates_pubescens_UL_03.jpg