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Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Also known as: shirttail · shirt-tail bird · jellycoat · flag bird · flying checker-board
Aves
NEAR THREATENED

Stats

Lifespan
9-12 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Omnivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate woodland
Range
North America
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Speed
Status
Near Threatened

About

This woodpecker lives in open woodlands across North America. It is the only woodpecker known to hide live insects and nuts inside tree crevices.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
  2. 2.
    hatchling
    A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
  3. 3.
    juvenile
    A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Piciformes
Family
Picidae
Genus
Melanerpes
Species
Melanerpes erythrocephalus