The red-headed woodpecker and the red-bellied woodpecker are often confused as they both have red colored feathers on their ...

They measure 9-1/4 inches with a wingspan of 16 inches. Check out more photos of common North American woodpecker species. Like many species in the woodpecker family, male and female red-bellieds ...

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.