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Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Summary
- Status in VT: Decreased by 100% (9 to 0 blocks). Greatest decrease in blocks in Champlain Valley.
- Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
- Conservation status: State rank S1B; SSC
- Other atlases: NY: -75%; PA: -46%; ON: -64%
- VT’s role in North American range: VT is at the northeastern edge of the range.
- Causes of change since first Atlas: Snag removal, encroachment of forest into open areas (?).
- Management/Monitoring recommendations:No current recommendations.
First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)
Species Account
Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)
![Red-headed Woodpecker Map 1](https://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Red-headed-Woodpecker-Map-1.jpeg)
![Red-headed Woodpecker Table 1](http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Red-headed-Woodpecker-Table-1-e1441119595337.jpeg)
![Red-headed Woodpecker Table 2](http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Red-headed-Woodpecker-Table-2-e1441119616625.jpeg)
Change in Distribution
![mapkey](https://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mapkey5.jpg)
![Red-headed Woodpecker Map 2](http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Red-headed-Woodpecker-Map-2.jpeg)
![Red-headed Woodpecker Table 3](http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Red-headed-Woodpecker-Table-3-e1441119660525.jpeg)
Links
Vermont eBird
Encyclopedia of Life
All About Birds