White-headed Woodpecker

Leuconotopicus albolarvatus (Cassin, 1850)

White-headed Woodpecker, Leuconotopicus albolarvatus, is a woodpecker of pine forests in the mountains of western North America, breeding in south-west Canada and the western USA. It is a non-migratory bird. Its range runs through the mountains from British Columbia to southern California. The bird has a black body and a white head, with white primary feathers that show as a crescent in flight. Males have a red mark at the back of the head. It nests in dead trees or snags and breeds once each year.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Breeding range

North America: sw Canada and w USA