Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus - Pic à tête rouge
Systematics
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Order:
Piciformes
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Family:
Picidés
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Genus:
Melanerpes
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Species:
erythrocephalus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 24 cm
- Wingspan: 42 cm.
- Weight: 56 à 97 g
Longevity
9 years
Geographic range
Identification
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Pic à tête rouge,
- Carpintero cabecirrojo,
- pica-pau-de-cabeça-vermelha,
- Rotkopfspecht,
- vörösfejű küllő,
- Roodkopspecht,
- Picchio testarossa,
- rödhuvad hackspett,
- Rødhodespett,
- tesárik červenohlavý,
- datel červenohlavý,
- Rødhovedet Spætte,
- punapäätikka,
- picot cap-roig,
- dzięciur krasnogłowy,
- sarkangalvas dzenis,
- Красноголовый меланерпес,
- ズアカキツツキ,
- 红头啄木鸟,
- 紅頭啄木,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Vol. 7 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
- Woodpeckers, an identification guide of the woodpeckers of the world, Winkler Hans, Christie David
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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