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Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus ORDER: PICIFORMES FAMILY: PICIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Near Threatened

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An unmistakable bird, the Red-headed Woodpecker is striking at rest and in flight, showing its colors of red, black, and white. It is one of the most aggressive members of the family and one of the most omnivorous.

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Calls

  • Call note, chatter call, and drumming of a Red-headed Woodpecker. Recorded in Florida by William W. H. Gunn. Sound and spectrogram courtesy of Macaulay Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (LNS #6857).
    Recorded by William W. H. Gunn
    Florida
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a loud "tchur-tchur."

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