Picidae (Woodpeckers, Piculets, & Wrynecks)
Red-cockaded
Woodpecker
Red-cockaded
Woodpecker
Picoides borealis
Photo: USFWS
Range
of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker:
A
patchwork of distribution from southern Virginia, North and South Carolina,
Georgia and north and central Florida. Westward to Oklahoma and
Texas and north to Kentucky. Their distribution coincides with
the occurrence of long-leaf pine savanna; specifically Longleaf Pine
(
Pinus palustris)
, Slash Pine
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