enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Downy woodpecker - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downy_woodpecker

    The female lacks the red patch on the back of the head. Adult downy woodpeckers are the smallest of North America's woodpeckers, but there are many smaller species elsewhere, especially the piculets. The total length of the species ranges from 14 to 18 cm (5.5 to 7.1 in) and the wingspan from 25 to 31 cm (9.8 to 12.2 in).

  3. Yellow-bellied sapsucker - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-bellied_sapsucker

    The red-naped sapsucker is distinguished by having a red nape (back of the head). The hairy woodpecker has no red on the crown (front of the head) or throat and has blacker back. The downy woodpecker has same markings as the hairy woodpecker but is significantly smaller.

  4. List of woodpeckers - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_woodpeckers

    Guadeloupe woodpecker: Melanerpes herminieri (Lesson, RP, 1830) 36 Puerto Rican woodpecker: Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803) 37 Red-headed woodpecker: Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) 38 Acorn woodpecker: Melanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827) 39 Yellow-tufted woodpecker: Melanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783) 40 Yellow ...

  5. “Seal the wood, that way insects can’t get in there, and there’s no reason for a woodpecker to come either.” Red-bellied Woodpeckers are one of over 300 kinds of woodpeckers in the world ...

  6. Dryobates - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryobates

    The genus Dryobates was named by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) as the type species. [1]The genus name Dryobates is from the Greek compound word δρυο-βάτης : 'woodland walker'; from δρῦς : drus (genitive δρυός : dryós) meaning woodland and -βάτης : -bátēs meaning walker. [2]

  7. Woodpecker - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodpecker

    Woodpeckers may aggressively harass potential competitors, and also use other strategies to reduce the chance of being usurped from their nesting sites; for example, the red-crowned woodpecker digs its nest in the underside of a small branch, which reduces the chance that a larger species will take it over and expand it. [42]

  8. List of birds of Arkansas - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Arkansas

    Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. Lewis's woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (A) Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus; Red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus; Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius; Downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens; Red-cockaded woodpecker, Dryobates borealis

  9. AOL Mail

    mail.aol.com

    Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!