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