Red-headed Woodpecker ~ Melanerpes erythrocephalus ~ The Red-headed Woodpecker is a fairly large woodpecker. It is about 7.5 inches long. It has a red head and neck, white belly, and black wings, back, and tail. Woodpeckers use heir beaks to drill holes in trees to find insects. They have long tongues that helps them search in the holes. Red-headed wodpeckers also eat fruit and nuts and can catch flies in flight.
The Red-headed Woodpecker ilves in the pineland habitat.
