Bird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Year-round in Florida, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 12 habitats found here.

Seasons here: Year-round
Breeding: Breeding
Range: 67 of 67 counties
Habitats: 12

Male Red-bellied Woodpecker, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Michael, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 618572114. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Seasons in Florida: Year-round
Breeding: Breeding
Counties in known range: 67 of 67
Habitat models: Year-round

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Year-round model

Habitats in Florida 12

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

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Year-roundDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub RegenerationNamed place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Year-roundSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall; South Florida Bayhead Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; South Florida Cypress Dome; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeRegional / representative. Shown: Southern coastal swamps, Florida to Virginia; state not identified, a neighboring state.Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal Plain hammocks

Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.

Year-roundSouth Florida Hardwood Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Year-round

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

Year-roundSouthern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Year-roundAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

Year-roundEast Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

Year-roundEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; South Florida Pine Flatwoods; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods; Central Florida Pine Flatwoods

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

Year-roundAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods

Pocosins and bay forests

Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain.

Year-roundAtlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Year-roundDeveloped, Open Space

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

Year-roundFlorida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier

Other habitats in its models (115)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida.

Developed, Low Intensity Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Year-round
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Year-round
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Year-round
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Year-round
Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Year-round
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Year-round
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Year-round
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Year-round
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round
West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Year-round
Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Year-round
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Year-round
South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Year-round
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Year-round
Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Year-round
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Year-round
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round
West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round
Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Year-round
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Year-round
Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Year-round
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Year-round
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Year-round
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Year-round
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round
Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round
Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Year-round
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Year-round
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Year-round
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Year-round
Recently Logged Areas Year-round
Recently Burned Year-round
Recently Burned Forest Year-round
Recently Burned Shrubland Year-round
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Year-round
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Year-round
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Year-round
West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Year-round
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Year-round
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Year-round
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Year-round
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Year-round
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Year-round
Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Year-round
Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Year-round
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Year-round
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Year-round
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Year-round
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Year-round
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Year-round
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Year-round
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round
West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Year-round
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Year-round