The Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythocephalus) was once a very common woodpecker. In the mid 1800’s John James Audubon stated that the Red-headed Woodpecker was the most common woodpecker ...

This common desert woodpecker replaces the closely related Nuttall’s in arid regions; the 2 species are known to hybridize at a few localities in southern California. Polytypic (about 8 ssp.

White-headed woodpecker has similar white wing patch and black back, but lacks white rump and belly; Lewis’s lacks white areas in plumage. Common. Year-round: oak woodlands and mixed oak-conifer ...