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Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Sears Island, Maine

Species photo · Different report

© Ryan Sanderson · Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library

Reference photograph from a different report. It does not document this sighting.

No photos are attached to this species on the featured checklist.

Notes from this checklist

“Landed in the poplar near the gate for a few seconds. Juvenile, brown head, long bill with distinct white wing patches crossed with two dark…”

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Red-headed Woodpecker across Northeast · When featured

94 report groups

On 125 eBird checklists · 7-day window ending October 12, 2026

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Checklist details
Survey type
Traveling
Time in the field
55 minutes
Distance covered
0.199 km
Birders on the outing
1 person
Species logged on this checklist
17 different species