Woodpeckers, Sapsuckers, and Flickers
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.
- Lewis's Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis
- Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus *
- Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
- Gila Woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis
- Williamson's Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius
- Red-naped Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Red-breasted Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus ruber
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Picoides scalaris
- Nuttall's Woodpecker, Picoides nuttallii
- Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens
- Hairy Woodpecker, Picoides villosus
- White-headed Woodpecker, Picoides albolarvatus
- Black-backed Woodpecker, Picoides arcticus
- Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus
- Gilded Flicker, Colaptes chrysoides
- Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of California
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