In the mid-1800s, John James Audubon stated that the red-headed woodpecker was the most common woodpecker in North America. He called them semi-domesticated because they weren’t afraid of people.

The Texas A&M Forest Service said many red-cockaded woodpecker populations are currently stable or increasing. The unique ...

The head pattern is striking, with a ring of black around the base of the bill, a red ... north to British Columbia and east to the Great Plains states from North Dakota south to coastal Texas.

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the red-cockaded woodpecker ... to Florida to Texas, in the region’s formerly extensive long-leaf pine forests — one of the largest ...