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The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the family Picidae. It breeds mainly in the eastern United States , ranging as far south as Florida and as far north as Canada .
Hispaniolan woodpecker: Melanerpes striatus (Müller, PLS, 1776) 46 Jamaican woodpecker: Melanerpes radiolatus (Wagler, 1827) 47 Golden-cheeked woodpecker: Melanerpes chrysogenys (Vigors, 1839) 48 Grey-breasted woodpecker: Melanerpes hypopolius (Wagler, 1829) 49 Yucatan woodpecker: Melanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885) 50 Red-crowned woodpecker
A red-bellied woodpecker rests on a branch of a dogwood tree after a winter storm near Knightdale, N.C. on Feb. 17, 2015. Aaron Moody/amoody@newsobserver.com Woodpeckers love this kind of wood, siding
Hispaniolan woodpecker: Melanerpes striatus: Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) Jamaican woodpecker: Melanerpes radiolatus: Jamaica. Golden-cheeked woodpecker: Melanerpes chrysogenys: Mexico Grey-breasted woodpecker: Melanerpes hypopolius: southwestern Mexico. Yucatan woodpecker: Melanerpes pygmaeus: Belize and Mexico Red-crowned ...
“The red-cockaded woodpecker prefers the 80-year-old trees in order to create their cavities,” said Blunk. “It can take anywhere from six months to two years for them to make a cavity.”
Red-bellied woodpecker Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes.
Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus; Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus (A) Red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus; Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius; Red-breasted sapsucker, Sphyrapicus ruber (A) Black-backed woodpecker, Picoides arcticus (A) Downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens; Hairy woodpecker ...
The largest surviving species is the great slaty woodpecker, which weighs 430 g (15 oz) on average and up to 563 g (19.9 oz), and measures 45 to 55 cm (18 to 22 in), but the extinct imperial woodpecker, at 55 to 61 cm (22 to 24 in), and ivory-billed woodpecker, around 48 to 53 cm (19 to 21 in) and 516 g (18.2 oz), were probably both larger.