male; red on back of white head; black body (California, USA; 2011-07-27)


White-headed Woodpecker
Picoides albolarvatus

Native Range: North America

Notes: a distinctive montane woodpecker in coniferous forests.

female; no red on head (California, USA; 2011-07-27)
juvenile; red on crown (California, USA; 2011-07-27)

white area on side of wing (California, USA; 2011-07-27)
juvenile (California, USA; 2011-07-27)

probably a young female (California, USA; 2011-07-27)
juvenile posing for a portrait (California, USA; 2011-08-04)