In a surprising twist of conservation success, a U.S. Air Force bombing range in Florida has become a sanctuary for ...

Woodpeckers is a highly recognized brand, not just for their bright red color, said Young, “but for the level of quality and precision found in every tool they produce.” ...

Robert T. Meyer, James A. Cox, Capsaicin as a tool for repelling southern flying squirrels from red-cockaded woodpecker cavities, Human-Wildlife Interactions, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Spring 2019), pp. 79-86 ...

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. Drum: a simple roll of up to a second ...

However, the study has shown that the Red-backed Woodpecker is not a sub-species of the Black-rumped Flameback Woodpecker, but a ‘valid’ species on its own. Many colour variations have been observed ...

At one point in the 1970s, the red-cockaded woodpecker population had dipped as low as 1,470 clusters — or groups of nests, wildlife officials said. Today, there are an estimated 7,800 clusters.

And then there’s the ambiguous red belly—a hard-to-see, faint crimson color on their undersides. This makes many bird-watchers wonder if the person who named this woodpecker was seeing things.

The red-headed woodpecker and the Eastern whip-poor-will are important parts of the Manitoba ecosystem, and populations are monitored yearly by the MIBA program.

The red-bellied woodpecker sports a faint flash of red on its mostly white belly. It also can be identified by the pattern of black-and-white bars on its back and outsides of wings. This bird will ...