Birds > Woodpeckers
The Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is one of the most abundant, conspicuous, and vocal picids native to the deciduous woodlands and suburban landscapes of eastern North America. Despite its somewhat misleading common name—which refers to a subtle,...
Birds > Woodpeckers
The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), affectionately designated in Southern tradition as the ‘yellowhammer’ and celebrated as the state bird of Alabama, is one of the most distinctive, colorful, and ecologically unorthodox woodpeckers in North America....
Birds > Woodpeckers
The Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a magnificent, crow-sized avian architect that reigns as the largest extant woodpecker species in North America following the tragic, probable extinction of the legendary Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Belonging to the family...
Birds > Woodpeckers
The Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens, formerly Picoides pubescens) is the smallest, most familiar, and most widely distributed woodpecker in North America belonging to the woodpecker family Picidae. Instantly recognized by its crisp black-and-white checkered...
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