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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Dryobates borealis
Order
PICIFORMES
Family
Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Code 4
RCWO
Code 6
PICBOR
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
Dagger, All-purpose
Eye Color:
Dull brown with cream-yellow outer ring in fledglings, which fades to smoke gray by the end of first year. Adults with dark brown iris may become gray-yellow and/or show a lighter halo in older adults.
Head pattern:
Capped, Unique pattern, Malar or malar stripe
Crown Color:
Black
Forehead Color:
Black
Nape Color:
Black
Throat Color:
White
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
22 cm (8.5 in)
Weight:
45 g (1.6 oz)
Size:
Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary:
White, Black
Underparts:
White with black spotting.
Upperparts:
Black and white barred.
Back Pattern:
Spotted or speckled
Belly Pattern:
Spotted or speckled
Breast Pattern:
Spotted or speckled
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Alternates several rapid wing beats with short glide with wings partially folded to sides, producing up-and-down flight.
Wingspan Range:
41 cm (16 in)
Wing Shape:
Pointed-Wings
Tail shape:
Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern:
Spotted
Upper Tail:
Black with white spotted outer feathers.
Under Tail:
Black and white.
Leg Color:
Black
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Parts of a Standing bird
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Head Feathers and Markings
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Parts of a Flying bird
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