#1266 · 🐦 birds

Red-bellied Woodpecker

🇳🇱 Roodbuikspecht ·Melanerpes carolinus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The red-bellied woodpecker ( Melanerpes carolinus ) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the family Picidae. It breeds mainly in the eastern United States, ranging as far south as Texas and as far north as Canada. Its common name is somewhat misleading, as the most prominent red part of its plumage is on the head; the red-headed woodpecker, however, is another species that is a rather close relative but looks quite different.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 145,995iNaturalist observations
weight 77.3 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
145,995 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 77 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).