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. In South Carolina, nine species have been recorded, one of which is extinct.
- Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius
- Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens
- Hairy Woodpecker, Picoides villosus
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Picoides borealis
- Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus
- Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus
- Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus principalis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of South Carolina
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