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Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus photo

Red-headed Woodpecker, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
Photograph by Mdf. GNU Free Documentation License. (view image details)

RED-HEADED WOODPECKER FACTS

Conservation Status
The conservation status in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals is "near threatened".

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Melanerpes
Species:	erythrocephalus
Common Name:	Red-headed Woodpecker

Relatives in same Genus
  Golden-fronted Woodpecker (M. aurifrons)
  Red-bellied Woodpecker (M. carolinus)
  Golden-cheeked Woodpecker (M. chrysogenys)
  Acorn Woodpecker (M. formicivorus)
  Lewis's Woodpecker (M. lewis)
  Black-cheeked Woodpecker (M. pucherani)
  Gila Woodpecker (M. uropygialis)

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