Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Red-headed Woodpecker
The Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Picidae (Woodpeckers) in the order Piciformes.
Range: eastern North America from southern Canada to Gulf of Mexico and FloridaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus erythrocephalus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- America = South Carolina.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.113
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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