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Wildlife Fact:

Like other woodpeckers, the red-headed woodpecker has zygodactyl feet, in which two toes point forward and two point backward, enabling it to cling vertically to trees.

 

Species Field Guide Search Results

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AMPHIBIAN

Blue-spotted salamander (Ambystoma laterale)

Carpenter frog (Lithobates virgatipes)

Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)

Eastern mud salamander (Pseudotriton montanus montanus)

Eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum)

Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)

Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum)

Long-tailed salamanader (Eurycea longicauda longicauda)

Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum)

Northern spring salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus)

Pine barrens treefrog (Hyla andersonii)


BIRD

American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)

American kestrel (Falco sparverius)

American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Barn owl (Tyto alba)

Barred owl (Strix varia)

Black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)

Black skimmer (Rynchops niger)

Black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Black-throated blue warbler (Dendroica caerulescens)

Black-throated green warbler (Dendroica virens)

Blackburnian warbler (Dendroica fusca)

Blue-headed vireo (Vireo solitarius)

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus)

Brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

Canada warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)

Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)

Cerulean warbler (Dendroica cerulea)

Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

Common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

Common tern (Sterna hirundo)

Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna)

Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

Golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)

Grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)

Gray-cheeked thrush (Catharus minimus)

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

Gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)

Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)

Hooded warbler (Wilsonia citrina)

Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris)

Ipswich sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps)

Kentucky warbler (Oporornis formosus)

Least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)

Least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)

Least tern (Sternula antillarum)

Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)

Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus migrans)

Long-eared owl (Asio otus)

Nashville warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla)

Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentiles)

Northern harrier (Circus cyaneus)

Northern parula (Parula americana)

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)

Red knot (Calidris canutus)

Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Roseate tern (Sterna dougallii)

Saltmarsh sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus)

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

Sedge wren (Cistothorus platensis)

Semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus)

Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)

Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor)

Upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)

Veery (Catharus fuscescens)

Vesper sparrow (Pooecetes graminus)

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus)

Winter wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)

Wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)

Worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum)

Yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens)

Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)


FISH

Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)

Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)


INVERTEBRATE

Allegheny river cruiser (Macromia alleghaniensis)

American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)

Appalachian grizzled skipper (Pyrgus wyandot)

Arogos skipper (Atrytone arogos arogos)

Arrowhead spiketail (Cordulegaster obliqua)

Banner clubtail (Gomphus apomyius)

Bronze copper (Lycaena hyllus)

Brook floater (Alasmidonta varicosa)

Brook snaketail (Ophiogomphus aspersus)

Brush-tipped emerald (Somatochlora walshii)

Checkered white butterfly (Pontia protodice)

Cobra clubtail (Gomphus vastus)

Coppery emerald (Somatochlora georgiana)

Creeper (Strophitus undulatus)

Crimson-ringed whiteface (Leucorrhinia glacialis)

Dotted skipper (Hesperia attalus slossonae)

Dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon)

Eastern fairy shrimp (Eubranchipus holmanii)

Eastern lampmussel (Lampsilis radiata)

Eastern pondmussel (Ligumia nasuta)

Extra-striped snaketail (Ophiogomphus anomalus)

Forcipate emerald (Somatochlora forcipata)

Frosted elfin (Callophrys irus)

Georgia satyr (Neonympha areolatus septentrionalis)

Golden-winged skimmer (Libellula auripennis)

Gray petaltail (Tachopteryx thoreyi)

Green floater (Lasmigona subviridis)

Green-faced clubtail (Gomphus viridifrons)

Harpoon clubtail (Gomphus descriptus)

Harris' checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii)

Hessel's hairstreak (Callophrys hesseli)

Hoary elfin (Callophrys polios)

Hudsonian whiteface (Leucorrhinia hudsonica)

Kennedy's emerald (Somatochlora kennedyi)

Leonard's skipper (Hesperia leonardus)

Maine snaketail (Ophiogomphus mainensis)

Midland clubtail (Gomphus fraternus)

Mitchell's satyr (Neonympha mitchelli michelli)

New England bluet (Enallagma laterale)

Northeastern beach tiger beetle (Cicindela d. dorsalis)

Northern metalmark (Calephelis borealis)

Pine Barrens bluet (Enallagma recurvatum)

Rapids clubtail (Gomphus quadricolor)

Robust baskettail (Epitheca spinosa)

Sable clubtail (Gomphus rogersi)

Scarlet bluet (Enallagma pictum)

Septima's clubtail (Gomphus septima)

Silver-bordered fritillary (Bolaria selene myrina)

Ski-tailed emerald (Somatochlora elongata)

Spatterdock darner (Rhionaeschna mutata)

Subarctic darner (Aeshna subarctica)

Superb jewelwing (Calopteryx amata)

Tidewater mucket (Leptodea ochracea)

Tiger spiketail (Cordulegaster erronea)

Triangle floater (Alasmidonta undulata)

Two-spotted skipper (Euphyes bimacula)

Williamson's emerald (Somatochlora williamsoni)

Yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa)

Zebra clubtail (Stylurus scudderi)


MAMMAL

Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister)

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)

North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)


REPTILE

Atlantic green turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Atlantic hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Atlantic leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Atlantic loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)

Bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii)

Corn snake (Elaphe guttata guttata)

Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)

Eastern king snake (Lampropeltis getula getula)

Kemp's ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)

Northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen)

Northern diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin)

Northern pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus)

Queen snake (Regina septemvittata)

Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata)

Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus horridus)

Wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)

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