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Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

Photo by aswedishelf
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Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

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AshleyT
Golden fronted woodpeckers have a gold patch above the bill, your bird has red. Golden fronted also differ in how they have an orange patch on the back of the head, and the only red on their head is males having a red patch on the top of the head.

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