White-headed woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus

Identification Tips:

• Length: 7.75 inches
• Medium-sized woodpecker
• White head with dark postocular stripe
• Entirely black body plumage, wings and tail except white bases to the outer primaries, which form a white crescent in flight

Adult male:

• Red spot at nape

Similar species:

Acorn Woodpecker has white rump and has black about the face and crown, and a white belly.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.