Red-cockaded woodpecker

Red-cockaded woodpecker
Female with insect prey in mouth

Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Leuconotopicus
Species:
L. borealis
Binomial name
Leuconotopicus borealis
(Vieillot, 1809)
Current range
Synonyms
  • Dendrocopos borealis borealis (Vieillot, 1809)
  • Picoides borealis hylonomus (Wetmore, 1941)
  • Dryobates borealis (Vieillot, 1809)
  • Dendrocopos borealis hylonomus (Wetmore, 1941)
  • Picoides borealis borealis (Vieillot, 1809)
  • Dendrocopos borealis (Vieillot, 1809)
  • Picoides borealis (Vieillot, 1809)

The red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates borealis) is a woodpecker endemic to the southeastern United States. It is a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

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