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Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

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Field Notes

Description:

Tri-colored, with a black back and tail, red head and neck and white underparts.

Habitat:

Found flying between a few dead trees on a woodland trail.

Notes:

Red-headed woodpeckers are sexually monomorphic. This means that males and females look exactly the same.

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