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Red-cockaded woodpecker (Leuconotopicus borealis) Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas. May 19, 2019 Geotagged,Leuconotopicus borealis,Red-cockaded woodpecker,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Red-cockaded woodpecker (Leuconotopicus borealis)

Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas. May 19, 2019

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  1. View Thibaud Aronson's profile
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    The highlight of my weekend, during a long birding roadtrip through Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma!
    This is probably the most endangered of all North American woodpeckers (unless of course, the Ivory-billed survives in some southern swamp), seen here at the norwestern-most part of its current range. It is a specialist of southern pine savannas, and much of its habitat has been lost, and much of what is left is fragmented. Still, there have been great efforts to save the species, and populations will hopefully increase in the future     Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
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      Wonderful capture! Posted 6 years ago
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    These are really hard to see - great work! Posted 6 years ago
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    Congrats on seeing this, Thibaud! Posted 6 years ago
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    Thanks! I bird mostly by eye, but for a juicy target like this, I'd made the effort to learn its voice the night before. And indeed when I got there, it was quite overwhelming, completely surrounded as I was by pine trees. And there were plenty of birds around, but not a trace of woodpeckers. After a good three hours, I was getting a bit discouraged, when I suddenly heard a piercing call coming from one of the few oak trees, and I knew I'd found one before even laying eyes on it! Him and the other 2 in the group were so absorbed in their feeding that I was able to observe them for a good 15 minutes, it was terrific. Posted 6 years ago

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The Red-cockaded woodpecker

The red-cockaded woodpecker is a woodpecker found in southeastern North America. Some taxonomic authorities, including the American Ornithological Society, continue to place this species in the genus ''Picoides''.

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Similar species: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans
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Uploaded May 23, 2019. Captured May 19, 2019 10:23 in Co Rd 106, Waldron, AR 72958, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/11.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO640
  • 520mm