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Common Name

Red Cockaded Woodpecker

Alternate Names

Common Type

Woodpecker

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae

Genus

Dryobates

Species

borealis

Conservation Status

Near Threatened

Location Photographed

Red Cockladed Woodpecker Louisiana

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Fire dependant pine savannas, preferring longleaf pines.

Distribution and Range

Endemic to southeastern US

Food

Insects and other arthropods plus fruits, berries, seeds and nuts.

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Field Notes:

They are territorial, nonmigratory and cooperative breeders. The Pileated Woodpecker is known to make the Red Cockaded woodpecker hole uninhabitable by doubleling its width. Conservations will surround the holes with tin in order to keep this from happening.

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