Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Dryobates borealis

OrderPiciformes

FamilyPicidae

HabitatMature, open longleaf and loblolly pine savanna

SeasonYear-round resident in East Texas colonies

LocationJasper County, Texas, Jasper County, Texas

Size8.5 in

DietInsects and larvae from pine bark

ConservationNear Threatened; federally listed in the

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Red-cockaded Woodpecker, drumming up a meal, Jasper County.

About the Red-cockaded Woodpecker

A white-cheeked, ladder-backed woodpecker that nests only in cavities dug into living pines, in open fire-maintained forest. Family groups work the same colony trees for generations.

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