As nouns the difference between woodpecker and carpintero

is that woodpecker is one of many species of bird from the subfamily picinae , with a sharp beak suitable for pecking holes in wood while carpintero is a california woodpecker (melanerpes formicivorus ), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees the acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.