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2 Species ID Suggestions

Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus


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3 Comments

KarenThompson
KarenThompson 11 years ago

Thank you. I'm not sure either. The day I took them there were 3 playing around this tree. Glad I was able to catch one on photo.

birdlady6000
birdlady6000 11 years ago

Hi J
I see that you have the correct scientific name for the Red-bellied Woodpecker, so the Common Name must just be a slip!

birdlady6000
birdlady6000 11 years ago

I have not birded much in Florida, but think that this is a Red-bellied Woodpecker. Check my spottings for Downy Woodpecker or Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downy_Woodp...
This is probably a female Red-bellied but the photo is not that clear.
What do you think?

KarenThompson
Spotted by
KarenThompson

Seminole, Florida, USA

Spotted on Oct 14, 2012
Submitted on Oct 14, 2012

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