Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 97,023
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The red-bellied woodpecker 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. Though it has a vivid orange-red crown and nape it is not to be confused with the red-headed woodpecker, a separate species of woodpecker in the same genus with an entirely red head and neck that sports a solid black back and white belly. The red-bellied earns its name from the pale reddish tint on its lower underside.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Red-bellied woodpecker”.