The red-bellied woodpecker is the familiar zebra-backed woodpecker of eastern woodlands and towns. Monotypic (or up to 4 weakly defined ssp. sometimes recognized). Length 9". All red-bellied ...

This handsome red-bellied woodpecker was happily putting the finishing touches on his soon-to-be family home on a beautiful sunny morning in The Villages. Thanks to Julie Walfield for sharing!

Red-bellied cooters are as unusual as their name – and endangered, which is why scientists set about supercharging them, ...

including species like downy woodpeckers and red-bellied woodpeckers. Both of these birds and several other woodpecker ...

"We see snakes in there, we see eastern bluebird, white-breasted nut hatch, tufted titmouse, all the other woodpeckers mostly red-bellied woodpeckers we get in there a lot." Lerow has observed a ...

this species is our most highly migratory woodpecker. Monotypic (smaller, darker resident birds in southern Appalachians sometimes separated as appalachiensis). Length 8". Shows less red on head ...