Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The red-bellied woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker of the family Picidae. It breeds mainly in the eastern United States, ranging as far south as Florida and as far north as Canada. Though it has a vivid orange-red crown and nape it is not to be confused with the red-headed woodpecker, a separate species of woodpecker in the same genus with an entirely red head and neck that sports a solid black back and white belly. The red-bellied earns its name from the pale reddish tint on its lower underside.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- Genus
- Melanerpes