The red-bellied has expanded its range northward in the Great Lakes region and New England over the last century and is also expanding northwestward in the Great Plains. Vagrant: wanders casually north to central Ontario, southern Quebec, Maine, and the maritime provinces of Canada and west to eastern New Mexico accidental in southeastern Wyoming, Idaho, and Saskatchewan.
Dispersal: not migratory, but at least some individuals in northern range withdraw southward in fall.
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Small populations exist west to southeastern North Dakota, central South Dakota, and northeastern Colorado. The Red-bellied Woodpecker is a regular visitor to bird feeders and is easily identified by the black and white barred pattern on its back and the red patch on the back of the head. Year-round: Pine and hardwood forests, open woodlands, suburbs and parks. Drum: a simple roll of up to a second, with about 19 beats per second.Ĭommon in the Southeast, uncommon to fairly common in the Northeast, Midwest, and Great Plains. In breeding season, the red-bellied gives a rolling churrr it also gives also a conversational chiv chiv softer than calls of the golden-fronted woodpecker. The neck, chest, and rump are white, and the belly is white with a red tinge. The back, wing, and tail areas have a striking black and white striped color. Their faces and cheeks are white, and you’ll notice a red color on top and at the back of their heads. They generally have a pale color overall. Similar SpeciesĬompare with the golden-fronted woodpecker, which has solid black central rectrices, lacks pink or red on the belly, and has a different pattern of color on the head. Description Red-bellied woodpeckers have a black-and-white striped coloration on their back and wings that forms a zebra-like pattern. Red-bellied Woodpeckers are medium-sized birds with a sleek and round head. Juvenile: resembles adults but duller, with red nasal tuft and nape patches lacking bill is brownish (black in adults). In rare individual females, the nape and nasal tufts can be yellow-orange instead of red. Adult female: red on the head is limited to nasal tufts (just above the bill) and nape wash of color on the belly is paler, less extensive.
Adult male: entire crown, from bill to nape, is red there is a suffusion of pink or red on the center of the belly. In flight a small white patch shows at the base of the primaries. Length 9".Īll red-bellied woodpeckers show a black-and-white barred back, white uppertail coverts, grayish white underparts, black chevrons on the lower flanks and undertail coverts, and barred central tail feathers. Monotypic (or up to 4 weakly defined ssp. The red-bellied woodpecker is the familiar zebra-backed woodpecker of eastern woodlands and towns.
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