red-headed woodpecker

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Melanerpes erythrocephalus

       
Order

Piciformes (Woodpeckers and relatives)

Family

Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Status

Uncommon migrant and breeder

Habitat

Open decidouos woodlands, river edges, roadsides with groves of trees

Food

 

Size

9 to 9½

Voice

 


Identification

 


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Nesting

 


Range

Breeding: Thorughout except northeast corner

Winter: Southeast

Migration: N/A

   
 
Sightings

Kasota Prairie SNA

Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park


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