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Red-crowned Woodpecker

Melanerpes rubricapillus
Family
Woodpeckers
Order
Piciformes
Codes
recwoo1, RCRW, RCWO
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPiciformes
FamilyWoodpeckers (Picidae)
SpeciesMelanerpes rubricapillus
Codesrecwoo1, RCRW, RCWO
Identification

The Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) is a member of the Woodpeckers family within the order Piciformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code recwoo1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Red-crowned Woodpecker photo
(c) Alejandro Williams Viveros, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alejandro Williams Viveros

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Melanerpes rubricapillus

Family: Woodpeckers

Order: Piciformes

eBird Code: recwoo1