Warbla · Library
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus · Family Picidae
Melanerpes carolinus
Family Picidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 15,446,491
- Countries and territories with records
- 8
About this species
This species has 15,446,491 occurrence records from 8 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (97%) and Canada (3%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 1.3% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Melanerpes carolinus combines the genus name Melanerpes with the species epithet carolinus. The Warbla app catalog lists 23 species of the genus Melanerpes; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Melanerpes formicivorus, Melanerpes erythrocephalus and Melanerpes aurifrons.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 230 species of the family Picidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Dryobates pubescens. Its record count is 38.6 times the family average (400,653). The family Picidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.