Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Red-Headed Woodpecker, Flag-Bird, Half-A-Shirt, Jelly Coat, Patriotic Bird, Red-Head Woodpecker, Redhead, Shirttail Bird, Tri-Color Woodpecker, Tricolor, Tricolored Woodpecker, White-Shirt
Common Names in French:
Pic à Tête Rouge
Common Names in German:
Rotkopfspecht
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 445 meters (0 to 1,460 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Piciformes
()
- Meyer & Wolf, 1810
- Suborder:
Pici
()
- Meyer & Wolf, 1810
- Infraorder:
Picides
()
-
- Superfamily:
Picoidea
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Picidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Subfamily:
Picinae
()
- Genus:
Melanerpes
()
- Swainson, 1832
- Specific name:
erythrocephalus
- Subspecies:
erythrocephalus
- Scientific name: - Melanerpes erythrocephalus erythrocephalus
- Subspecies:
erythrocephalus
- Specific name:
erythrocephalus
- Genus:
Melanerpes
(
- Subfamily:
Picinae
(
- Family:
Picidae
(
- Superfamily:
Picoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Picides
(
- Suborder:
Pici
(
- Order:
Piciformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Melanerpes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. aurifrons (Golden-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. aurifrons aurifrons (Golden-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. aurifrons insulanus (Golden-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. cactorum (White-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. candidus (White Woodpecker) · M. carolinus (Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. carolinus carolinus (Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. chrysauchen (Golden-Naped Woodpecker) · M. chrysauchen chrysauchen (Golden-Naped Woodpecker) · M. chrysogenys (Golden-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. chrysogenys chrysogenys (Golden-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. cruentatus (Tellow-Tufted Woodpecker) · M. cruentatus cruentatus (Yellow Tufted Woodpecker) · M. erythrocephalus (Tricolored Woodpecker) · M. erythrocephalus caurinus (Red-Headed Woodpecker) · M. erythrocephalus erythrocephalus (Red-Headed Woodpecker) · M. flavifrons (Yellow-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus (Narrow-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus angustifrons (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus bairdi (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus formicivorus (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus lineatus (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus martirensis (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. herminieri (Guadeloupe Woodpecker) · M. hoffmanni (Hoffmann's Woodpecker) · M. hoffmannii (Hoffmann's Woodpecker) · M. hypopolius (Gray-Breasted Woodpecker) · M. lewis (Lewis's Woodpecker) · M. portoricensis (Puerto Rican Woodpecker) · M. pucherani (Black-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. pulcher (Beautiful Woodpecker) · M. pygmaeus (Red-Vented Woodpecker) · M. pygmaeus pygmaeus (Red-Vented Woodpecker) · M. radiolatus (Jamaican Woodpecker) · M. rubricapillus (Red-Crowned Woodpecker) · M. rubricapillus rubricapillus (Red-Crowned Woodpecker) · M. striatus (Hispaniolan Woodpecker) · M. superciliaris (West Indian Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. superciliaris superciliaris (West Indian Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. uropygialis (Brewster's Woodpecker) · M. uropygialis brewsteri (Gila Woodpecker) · M. uropygialis uropygialis (Gila Woodpecker)
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Further Reading
- Check-list of North American birds. [Ithaca, N.Y.]1957. url p. 318.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 158.
- Invitation to birds; a few of the common birds of Illinois, an invitation to know and enjoy them. Illus. by the author. Springfield, 1948. url p. 29.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. 33 1919 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url oberholser , p. 48.
- The ornithology of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Boston, R. G. Badger, [c1919] url .
- [Collected reprints, 1902-1928. s.l., s.n.19--] url .
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 02, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2764259
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178188
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178188
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13037
Footnotes
- Mean = 229.780 meters (753.871 feet), Standard Deviation = 83.710 based on 152 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
