Red-headed Woodpecker
Also known as Melanerpes erythrocephalus
species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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Adult males and females are identical in size and plumage.
The red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a mid-sized woodpecker found in temperate North America. Its breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the east-central United States. It is rated as least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List of Endangered species, having been down-listed from near threatened in 2018.