Global conservation status: near threatened (Source: BirdLife)

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  • Scientific names
    • Melanerpes erythrocephalus
    • Melanerpes erythrocephalus erythrocephalus
    • Melanerpes erythrocephalus caurinus
  • French
    • pic à tête rouge
  • English
    • Red-headed Woodpecker

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Recent Observations

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Photos

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What

Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Observer

james5

Date

May 12, 2012

Place

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)
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Photos

P1050420 2 photos

What

red headed woodpecker

Observer

muir

Date

May 5, 2012 12:33 PM EDT

Place

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, MD (Google, OSM)

Description

Very happy to see one of these for the first time ever. It was around this area for at least 20 minutes.

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Photos

P1050470

What

Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Observer

muir

Date

May 5, 2012 12:59 PM EDT

Place

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, MD (Google, OSM)
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Description from Wikipedia

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.

Source: BirdLife International (2011) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/07/2011.