{"id":2155,"date":"2020-09-19T21:08:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T21:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/?page_id=2155"},"modified":"2021-09-03T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T11:42:15","slug":"red-cockaded-woodpecker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/explore\/longleaf-habitats\/flatwoods\/red-cockaded-woodpecker\/","title":{"rendered":"red-cockaded woodpecker &#8211; flatwoods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h5><a href=\"\/longleaf\/explore\/longleaf-habitats\/flatwoods\/\">Longleaf Species &#8211; Flatwoods &amp; Savannah<\/a><\/h5>\n<h2>Red-Cockaded Woodpecker<\/h2>\n\t<h3>Red-Cockaded Woodpecker<\/h3>\n\n<p><strong>Status:<\/strong> Vulnerable<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Red-cockaded Woodpecker<\/strong> is an especially important bird in the longleaf pine ecosystem that needs help. Like most species in the woodpecker family, the red-cockaded woodpecker is heavily dependent on tall trees to provide shelter and food. This species of woodpecker carves out cavities or small holes high up in old pine trees (it prefers the longleaf pine tree) that are experiencing rot. These cavities are where the birds hid from predators, and where they lay and hatch their young. They are primarily back and white, though males have a small patch of red behind their eye, which is why they are called red-cockaded woodpeckers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2020\/09\/red-cockaded-woodpecker.jpg\" alt=\"red-cockaded woodpecker\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"533\" width=\"799\" title=\"red-cockaded woodpecker\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<iframe src='https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/269099\/embed?simple=1' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' width='340' height='115'><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2020\/09\/redcockaded.jpg\" alt=\"Source: USFS. Photo by Jim Hanula\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"338\" width=\"200\" title=\"redcockaded\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\tSource: USFS. Photo by Jim Hanula\n\t<h3>Habitat &amp; Range<\/h3>\n<p>The red-cockaded woodpecker has very particular habitat requirements, and are really only found across the southeastern United States in the longleaf pine range. This species of bird depends on open pine woodlands with old mature trees (80-100 years old) so they can easily dig out cavities. Fire is important in maintaining the openness of this habitat.<\/p>\n<h3>Food Web &amp; Energy Flow<\/h3>\n<p>Like many woodpeckers, the red-cockaded woodpecker primarily feeds on insects found under flakes of tree bark the bird pecks off with its beak. They will also eat seeds and berries. This make the woodpecker a secondary consumer. Predators include tree-climbing snakes and other birds of prey.<\/p>\n\t<h3>Relationship to Fire<\/h3>\n<p>The red-cockaded woodpecker is HEAVILY dependent on fire to maintain its ideal habitat conditions. One of the most significant threats to this species is the decline of fire managed longleaf pine forests.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2020\/09\/prescribed-burn.jpg\" alt=\"prescribed burn\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"525\" width=\"700\" title=\"prescribed burn\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<h3>Conservation Status<\/h3>\n<p>As you can see from the map below, the red-cockaded woodpecker is in trouble. It is considered Imperiled (orange) or Critically Imperiled (red) in all of the of the states across the southeastern United States.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2020\/09\/Red-Cockaded-Woodpecker-1.jpg\" alt=\"Conservation Status by state. NatureServe Explorer\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1246\" width=\"1634\" title=\"Red Cockaded Woodpecker\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\tConservation Status by state. NatureServe Explorer\n\t<h3><b><strong>Human Impacts\/ Threats<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/bb-plugin\/cache\/development-square.jpg\" alt=\"development\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1200\" width=\"1600\" title=\"development\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t<h5>Land Use Conversion<\/h5>\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Longleaf forests and the habitat it supports is being cleared or <em>converted<\/em> to use the land for other uses like houses, roads, agriculture, and even to grow different types of trees to sell.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/bb-plugin\/cache\/smokeybear-square.jpg\" alt=\"smokeybear\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\" title=\"smokeybear\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t<h5>Fire Suppression<\/h5>\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Many people think of fires in the forest as bad, so they work hard to prevent or <em>suppress<\/em> them. But longleaf forests NEED regular fire to support habitat for the species that live there!<\/p>\n\t<h4>Resources<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<h3>Hero Journal<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What does it look like?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What does it need to survive?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>Try sketching the species you chose, using scientific drawing techniques.<br \/>\n<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/longleaf\/explore\/longleaf-habitats\/flatwoods\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBack to Habitat Type\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/longleaf\/explore\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChoose this Species\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2019\/04\/needles-footer.png\" alt=\"needles-footer\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"339\" width=\"1920\" title=\"needles-footer\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longleaf Species &#8211; Flatwoods &amp; Savannah Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Status: Vulnerable The Red-cockaded Woodpecker is an especially important bird in the longleaf pine ecosystem that needs help. Like most species in the woodpecker family, the red-cockaded woodpecker is heavily dependent on tall trees to provide shelter and food. This species of woodpecker carves out [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary cf-quest-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/explore\/longleaf-habitats\/flatwoods\/red-cockaded-woodpecker\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":1882,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2155\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}