How common is the red headed wooden pecker?

Question

I've never seen one in the wild

Answer 1

I don't know , but I see a purple headed hardwood pecker every morning !

Answer 2

The Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, is a small or medium-sized woodpecker.

Adults have a black back and tail with a red head and neck. Their underparts are mainly white. The wings are black with white secondaries. Non-birders often mistakenly identify the Red-bellied Woodpecker as this species.

Their breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the eastern-central United States. They nest in a cavity in a dead tree or a dead part of a tree.

Northern birds migrate to the southern parts of the range; southern birds are often permanent residents.

These birds fly to catch insects in the air or on the ground, forage on trees or gather and store nuts. They are omnivorous, eating insects, seeds, fruits, berries and nuts.

Once abundant, populations have seriously declined since 1966 due to increased nesting competition from starlings and removal of dead trees (used as nesting sites) from woodlands. Many Northeastern states no longer have nesting red-headed woodpeckers. [1]

They give a "tchur-tchur" call or drum on territory.

Answer 3

they are not too uncommon, I saw a lot of them when I was in florida! And for norags comment, she talked about the ivory billed pileated woodpecker??? That is actually two different species she is refering to...there is the Piliated woodpecker which are still common, and the Ivory-billed Woodpecker which is the one that was recently re-discovered that was thought to have been extinct. She saw a Piliated in florida, NOT an Ivory-billed.

Answer 4

the red headed woodpecker is quite common. now if u r thinking about the bird that loks like woody woodpecker, that's another matter. it is not a redheaded woodpecker, but an ivory billed pileated woodpecker and is extremely rare if not extinct all together. i don't really think it is extinct as i saw one in central florida but as it 's environment is slowly but surely being taken away{the woods} it is seen very rarely.

Answer 5

In Kentucky we have them all the time in the wild.

Answer 6

A Flag bird, (as some would say) are losing their natural habitat ,dead trees are burnt for firewood.