Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

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"Red-headed Woodpecker," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The red-headed woodpecker is a mid-sized woodpecker found in temperate North America. Its breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the east-central United States. Adults are distinctly tricolored, with a black back and tail, a white belly and rump, and a red head and neck. The wings are black with white secondary remiges. Adult males and females are identical in plumage.These are mid-sized woodpeckers. Both sexes measure from 19 to 25 cm (7.5 to 9.8 in) in length, with a wingspan of 42.5 cm (16.7 in).

Maumee Bay. Oregon, Ohio

05/24/2022