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<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>'''Red-headed Woodpecker'''</th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">[[image:RedheadedWoodpecker23.jpg| Photo: Woodpecker]]</tr></td>
<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>'''{{taxonomy}}'''</th></tr>
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<tr><td>{{Regnum}}:</td><td>[[Animal]]ia</td></tr>
<tr><td>{{Phylum}}:</td><td>[[Chordate|Chordata]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>{{Classis}}:</td><td>[[bird|Aves]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>{{Ordo}}: </td><td>[[Piciformes]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>{{Familia}}:</td><td>[[Picidae]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>{{Genus}}:</td><td>''Melanerpes''</td></tr>
<tr><td>{{Species}}:</td><td>''erythrocephalus''</td></tr>
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<tr><th align="center" bgcolor="pink">'''[[Binomial nomenclature|Binomial name]]'''</th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">'''''Melanerpes erythrocephalus'''''<br><small>([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[1758]])</small></td></tr>
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The '''Red-headed Woodpecker''', ''Melanerpes erythrocephalus'', is a small or medium-sized [[woodpecker]].

Adults have a black back and tail with a red head and neck. Their underparts are mainly white. The wings are black with white secondaries.  Non-[[birding|birders]] often mistakenly identify the [[Red-bellied woodpecker]] as this species.

Their breeding habitat is open country across southern [[Canada]] and the eastern-central [[United States]]. They nest in a cavity in a dead tree or a dead part of a tree.

Northern birds [[bird migration|migrate]] to the southern parts of the range; southern birds are often permanent residents.

These birds fly to catch [[insect]]s in the air or on the ground, forage on trees or gather and store nuts. They are [[omnivore|omnivorous]], eating insects, seeds, [[fruit]]s, berries and nuts.

Their numbers appear to be declining, possibly due to loss of habitat and competition with other birds for nest sites.

They give a "tchur-tchur" call or drum on territory.

[[Category:Woodpeckers]]

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