kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Piciformes >
family: Picidae >
subfamily: Picinae >
genus: Melanerpes Swainson, 1832 >
Middle America