But it is worth listening carefully to the drumming for one that is subtly different and might lead you to a much rarer bird, ...

juveniles of both sexes have a solid red crown like that of the adult male. Unmistakable given its group-living habits and loud calls. White-headed woodpecker has similar white wing patch and ...

The red-bellied woodpecker is the familiar zebra-backed ... Adult male: entire crown, from bill to nape, is red; there is a suffusion of pink or red on the center of the belly.

Males have a distinctive red patch on the back of the head and young birds have a red crown. When searching for food a great spotted woodpecker usually lands on a tree trunk then works upwards and ...

Most woodpecker species will drill into dead and ... located between the black crown and white cheek patch, which are briefly displayed when the male is excited," FWS says. "The cockade is a ...