Currently, nearly 200 landowners manage over 360,000 acres of habitat, supporting roughly 500 woodpecker family groups. In ...

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The red crowned pileated woodpecker is the largest woodpecker in North America. Learn about their call and sound, size and nests.

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Courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife. The red-cockaded woodpecker’s population had dwindled to around 1,470 clusters when federal officials decided to classify the bird as endangered back in 1970.

have played prominent roles in efforts to preserve and grow habitat for the red-cockaded woodpecker. Courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife. Originally published on georgiarecorder.com, part of the BLOX ...

A red-cockaded woodpecker ... the male’s head. They’ve captivated scientists because they do something that most other birds don’t: They raise their young collectively, in family groups.

The red “cockade” they’re named for refers to a tiny, almost imperceptible red streak on the back of the male’s head ... woodpeckers for more than 30 years. Sticking around their family ...

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WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the red-cockaded woodpecker has recovered enough to be downlisted from endangered to threatened. The woodpecker once lived across ...