Red-cockaded woodpecker

Red-cockaded woodpecker
Female with insect prey in mouth

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Leuconotopicus
Species:
L. borealis
Binomial name
Leuconotopicus borealis
(Vieillot, 1809)
Current range[3]
Synonyms[4]
  • 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 (Leuconotopicus borealis) is a woodpecker endemic to the southeastern United States.[5][6] It is a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.[7][8]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Leuconotopicus borealis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22681158A179376787. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22681158A179376787.en. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. ^ NatureServe (3 March 2023). "Dryobates borealis". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Red-cockaded Woodpecker Range Map". All About Birds, TheCornellLab of Ornithology. Cornell University. 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Leuconotopicus borealis (Vieillot, 1809)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  5. ^ "species: Dryobates borealis (Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Pic à face blanche)". AOS Checklist of North and Middle American Birds. American Ornithological Society. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  6. ^ Pool, Nathan (2014). Powers, Karen; Siciliano Martina, Leila (eds.). "Picoides borealis". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  8. ^ 35 FR 16047