Red bellied woodpecker

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Red bellied woodpecker  Melanerpes carolinus 

The Red bellied woodpecker  belongs to the Picadae family. 




They have light brown head, with a red patch on the back of the neck. The light brown continues to the underside. The back has white and brown spots. 

They are found in forests and woods and urban areas.

They hunt by foraging and climbing the trees. They feed on insects, nuts, seeds, fruits and plants.  

When they are protecting their territory, they open their wings and increases their size by plumping up their feathers, this is the same behaviours for courtship. The nests are located in holes in dead trees. The male starts and the female finished the hole. 

The female lays around seven eggs, incubation is fourteen days. The males and females do this, with the males sitting on the eggs during the night and female during the day. The male and female feed the young and they leave the nest at twenty seven days. 

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Allaboutbirds.org, (2015). Red-bellied Woodpecker. [online] Available at: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-bellied_Woodpecker/lifehistory [Accessed 15 Apr. 2015].

Audubon, (2014). Red-bellied Woodpecker. [online] Available at: http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-bellied-woodpecker [Accessed 15 Apr. 2015].