Final Environmental Assessment for Red-cockaded Woodpecker and its habitats on National Wildlife Refuges

The Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) was listed as endangered by the Fish and Wildife Service in 1970 and received Federal production under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
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Two red cockaded woodpeckers face each other on a tree limb with pine needles and blue sky visible in the background

22 cm. Rather small black-and-white woodpecker with longish bill. Above black barred white. Below white with black spots on flanks. Black crown, nape and moustachial stripe border white cheeks and side of neck. Male has small red mark on the side of nape. Juvenile browner with variable extent of...

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Wildlife refuges