Red-headed Woodpecker Photos
A nemesis bird for me, often seen, rarely photographed. Click on the thumbnail for high-resolution photos. Click here for the species description page for the Red-headed Woodpecker.
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Red-headed woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Identification Tips:
Length: 7.5 inches
Sexes similar
Fairly large, strikingly black and white woodpecker ...
Red-headed Woodpecker
Relatives in same Genus
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (M. aurifrons)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (M. carolinus)
Golden-cheeked Woodpecker (M. chrysogenys)
Acorn Woodpecker (M. formicivorus)
Lewis's Woodpecker (M. lewis) ...
Red-Headed Woodpecker
You can't miss the red-headed woodpecker with its vibrant scarlet head. Learn how to attract the red-headed woodpecker to your yard, and listen to its song.
Photo: Roland Jordahl ...
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
The Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a widespread and familiar species across much of the eastern two-thirds of the United States. Males and females are alike in plumage.
Red-headed Woodpecker Behaviour
No observations regarding Red-headed Woodpecker behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Red-headed Woodpeckers ...
Red-headed woodpeckers are solitary birds, except during mating and when raising young.
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HABITAT: The red-headed woodpecker is found in a number of habitat types including: wooded savannas, open woodlands, riparian forests, orchards, suburbia and agricultural lands.
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Red-headed Woodpecker
(Melanerpes erythrocephalus) ...
At one time the Red-headed Woodpecker was targeted by sportsmen because of its brilliant red plumage, as an agricultural pest, and for damage to telephone poles.
Red-headed Woodpecker
Picture from the Breeding Bird Survey
Last updated 4/8/96
Red-headed Woodpeckers are a permanent residents on the UTC. Usually found near man they seem to be localized. Some areas will have lots, others will not have any.
THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.
[Red-headed Woodpecker.]
PICUS ERYTHROCEPHALUS, Linn.
[Melanerpes erythrocephalus.] ...
Family Picidae
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus) ...
Red-headed woodpeckers respond favorably to snag recruitment and retention. Using fire to create new snags and maintain an open habitat would provide nesting sites and facilitate foraging opportunities.
Red-headed Woodpecker
The Red-headed Woodpecker is a boldly colored bird, painted broadly in the black, white, and red borne by most woodpeckers.
Red-headed Woodpeckers cache acorns, nuts, and insects.
Red-cockaded Woodpeckers are common only in a few areas with mature longleaf or slash pine forests. They excavate nests in the pines, usually those infected with a fungus that rots the heartwood.
Red-headed Woodpecker
The Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, is a small or medium-sized woodpecker from temperate North America. Their breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the eastern-central United States.
Red-headed Woodpecker
Summer Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Carolina Wren
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
The Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is about 9 inches long. You'll find these woodpeckers in backyards, farmlands, and woodlands. They feed on insects, berries, and acorns.
Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
Gila Woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis
Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Melanerpes aurifrons
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus ...
The species which are most similar in the Southeast are the Northern Flicker and the Red-headed Woodpecker. The Northern Flicker looks more brown overall, does not have the red nape or crown, has a large white rump patch, and has a black bib.
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Three-toed Woodpecker ...
It is important to note that unmonitored Purple Martin houses often become breeding colonies for House Sparrows and Starlings - invasive species responsible for the decline of the Eastern Bluebird and Red-headed Woodpecker respectively.
Starling Invadors: Common Starlings introduced to North America have been a factor in reducing native cavity nesting bird populations (such as Bluebirds and Red-headed Woodpeckers) by competing aggressively for nesting cavities.
It was easier to photograph them on snags, but they never perched for very long. Lewis's Woodpeckers are closely related to Red-headed Woodpecker and Acorn Woodpecker, ...
 See also: Woodpecker, Flicker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied, Pileated Woodpecker
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