Petrifying Springs, Kenosha Wisconsin
The red-headed woodpecker
(Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a small or medium-sized woodpecker from
temperate North America. Their breeding habitat is open country across
southern Canada and the eastern-central United States.
Adults are
strikingly tri-colored, with a black back and tail and a red head and
neck. Their underparts are mainly white. The wings are black with white
secondary remiges. Adult males and females are identical in plumage.
Juveniles have very similar markings, but have an all grey head.
Non-birders may often mistakenly identify red-bellied woodpeckers as
red-headeds, whose range overlaps somewhat with that of the red-headed
woodpecker. While red-bellied woodpeckers have some bright red on the
backs of their necks and heads, red-headed woodpeckers have a much
deeper red that covers their entire heads and necks, as well as a
dramatically different overall plumage pattern.
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