page_title: List of birds of the United States
section_title: Woodpeckers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of the United States / Woodpeckers
context_page_description: This list of birds of the United States is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species confirmed in the United States as of July, 2019. It includes species from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories.
  The birds of the continental United States most closely resemble those of Eurasia, which was connected to the continent as part of the supercontinent Laurasia until around 60 million years ago. Many groups occur throughout the Northern Hemisphere and worldwide. However some groups unique to the New World have also arisen; those represented in this list are the hummingbirds, the New World vultures, the New World quail, the tyrant flycatchers, the vireos, the mimids, the New World warblers, the tanagers, the cardinals, and the icterids.
  Several common birds in the United States, such as the house sparrow, the rock pigeon, the European starling, and the mute swan are introduced species, meaning that they are not native to this continent but were brought here by humans. Introduced species are marked on this list as (I). In addition, many non-native species which have individual escapees or small feral populations in North America are not on this list.
context_section_description: 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
  Puerto Rican woodpecker, Melanerpes portoricensis (Puerto Rico, extirpated from U.S. Virgin Islands) (EP) LC
  Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus LC
  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
  American three-toed woodpecker, Picoides dorsalis LC
  Black-backed woodpecker, Picoides arcticus LC
  Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major (C) LC
  Downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens LC
  Nuttall's woodpecker, Dryobates nuttallii LC
  Ladder-backed woodpecker, Dryobates scalaris LC
  Red-cockaded woodpecker, Dryobates borealis (EM) NT
  Hairy woodpecker, Dryobates villosus LC
  White-headed woodpecker, Dryobates albolarvatus LC
  Arizona woodpecker, Dryobates arizonae LC
  Northern flicker, Colaptes auratus LC
  Gilded flicker, Colaptes chrysoides LC
  Pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus LC
  Ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis (E?) CR
caption: Red-naped sapsucker
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