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.
- Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla (A)
- Lewis's Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis
- Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
- Gila Woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Melanerpes aurifrons
- Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus
- Williamson's Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius
- Red-naped Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Red-breasted Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus ruber
- Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dendrocopos major (C)
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Picoides scalaris
- Nuttall's Woodpecker, Picoides nuttallii
- Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens
- Hairy Woodpecker, Picoides villosus
- Arizona Woodpecker, Picoides arizonae
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Picoides borealis
- White-headed Woodpecker, Picoides albolarvatus
- American Three-toed Woodpecker, Picoides dorsalis
- Black-backed Woodpecker, Picoides arcticus
- Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus
- Gilded Flicker, Colaptes chrysoides
- Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus
- Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus principalis (E?)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The United States
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