red-bellied woodpecker

noun

: a woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus or Centurus carolinus) of the eastern United States having a scarlet head and nape, barred black-and-white back, and grayish underparts tinged with red

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red-bellied woodpecker,

a woodpecker of the eastern United States having black-and-white bars across the back of the head. The male red-bellied woodpecker also has red on the crown and the abdomen.