Red-Headed Woodpecker

If you search for a picture of a Red Headed Woodpecker, or for Red Headed Woodpecker images, you quickly discover why it earned its name. Its bright red head makes it’s one of the easiest birds to identify, even to the most novice of bird watchers. This is especially true when it’s a large Red Headed Woodpecker. I

Its latin name is Melanerpes erythrocephalus and It can be found all over North America. The Red-Headed Woodpecker’s preferred habitat is open woodlands, clearings, river bottoms, open woods, parks, savannas, and grasslands. They normally prefer habitat with few tall, thick trees.

The juvenile Red Headed Woodpecker and female Red Headed Woodpecker can be found close to their nests during nesting season, which is between April and July. They migrate to western parts for winter, but usually short distances. The Red Headed Woodpecker is nearly threatened and can be found at Coal Creek Farm year round. The Red Headed Woodpecker sounds (or a Red Headed Woodpecker call) sounds like a shrill, rolling kwirr or churr given by both sexes. Its diet includes a wide variety of insects, earthworms, spiders, seeds, nuts, berries, and fruit. The Red Headed Woodpecker is the only North American woodpecker to store food and cover it with wood or bark.

Red-Headed Woodpecker Sound