• St. Francis Wildlife Association, Quincy, Florida, USA
  • St. Francis Wildlife Association, Quincy, Florida, USA
  • St. Francis Wildlife Association, Quincy, Florida, USA
  • St. Francis Wildlife Association, Quincy, Florida, USA
  • Nebraska Wildlife Reha, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
  • Nebraska Wildlife Reha, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
  • Nebraska Wildlife Reha, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
  • Nebraska Wildlife Reha, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
  • St. Francis Wildlife Association, Quincy, Florida, USA
  • St. Francis Wildlife Association, Quincy, Florida, USA
  • St. Francis Wildlife Association, Quincy, Florida, USA
  • St. Francis Wildlife Association, Quincy, Florida, USA
  • Nebraska Wildlife Reha, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
  • Nebraska Wildlife Reha, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
  • Nebraska Wildlife Reha, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
  • Nebraska Wildlife Reha, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Photo Ark

Male Red-Headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

St. Francis Wildlife Association, Quincy, Florida, USA

Near Threatened

Rich et al. (2004). Read More

Habitat degradation, as a result of the removal of dead trees and branches in urban areas (Pulich 1988), and loss of nesting habitat to firewood cutting, clear cutting, agricultural development and river channelling in rural areas (Ehrlich et al. 1992, Melcher 1998), appears to be responsible. Collisions with moving vehicles may be a contributing factor, but persecution as a pest by farmers and utility companies is currently minimal (Smith et al. 2000, del Hoyo et al. 2002). Mortality events due to collisions with communication towers have been reported (Longcore et al. 2013), but the overall threat from this is unknown. ... Read More

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BirdLife International 2017. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22680810A118537463. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22680810A118537463.en