page_title: List of birds of South Carolina
section_title: Woodpeckers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of South Carolina / Woodpeckers
caption_attribution_description: English: Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). Canada Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Image collected at the feeders behind the Visitor Centre. Français&#160;: Pic à tête rouge. Parc provincial Rondeau, Ontario, Canada. Cliché pris aux mangeoires situées derrière le centre d'accueuil des visiteurs. 日本語: ズアカキツツキ
context_page_description: This list of birds of South Carolina includes species documented in the U.S. state of South Carolina and accepted by the South Carolina Bird Records Committee of the Carolina Bird Club. As of late 2017, there were 424 species definitively included in the official list. Thirteen additional species are on the list but classed as Provisional I. Of the 437 species on the primary list, 108 are rare anywhere in the state, 36 are rare away from the coast, five have been introduced to North America, and four are extinct. Fifteen additional species are classed as Provisional II and nine as Hypothetical as defined below. Up to late July 2020, four more species have been documented in eBird but not yet evaluated by the SCBRC; they are also tagged as rare.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
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. Nine species have been recorded in South Carolina.
  Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
  Red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus
  Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius
  Downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens
  Red-cockaded woodpecker, Dryobates borealis
  Hairy woodpecker, Dryobates villosus
  Northern flicker, Colaptes auratus
  Pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus
  Ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis (E) (R)
caption: Red-headed woodpecker
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