The red-bellied woodpecker is the familiar zebra-backed woodpecker of eastern woodlands and towns. Monotypic (or up to 4 weakly defined ssp. sometimes recognized). Length 9". All red-bellied ...

Males also often drum on homes and trees. Boost your bird knowledge with mind-blowing woodpecker facts. Most people picture ...

This common desert woodpecker replaces the closely related Nuttall’s in arid regions; the 2 species are known to hybridize at a few localities in southern California. Polytypic (about 8 ssp.

Unless you spend a lot of time in the old growth pine forests of the southeast, you're unlikely to stumble upon a ...

Neil Lalonde found himself 40 feet above the ground one spring morning, reaching into a woodpecker nest in a loblolly pine, and pulling out a 5-day-old bird. He clasped tiny bands around its ...

Woodpeckers make their home on almost every continent. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes — from the massive pileated woodpecker to the cute compact downy woodpecker, they’re a family ...

The red-cockaded woodpecker’s population had dwindled to around 1,470 clusters when federal officials decided to classify the ...

At one point in the 1970s, the red-cockaded woodpecker population had dipped as low as 1,470 clusters—or groups of nests, wildlife officials said. Today, there are an estimated 7,800 clusters.

After 54 years of being classified as a federally endangered species, the red-cockaded woodpecker classification status has ...

There's *** lot of species that they need. These park like open stands, red ca woodpeckers, black pine snake go for tortoises, protecting the ecosystem. You're also, you're not just protecting ...