Population status

Red-headed Woodpecker
(Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

In Canada, the small population of this species is well covered by the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), although the precision of results is medium. BBS data for the species show a large decrease relative to about 1970, such that the total Canadian population is estimated to have declined by more than 60% during this time period. Although the BBS is an effective monitoring method, early detection of significant short-term decreases in Canada may be difficult for this small population. Results from the BBS for North America show that the continental population has also undergone a large decline since the mid-1960s.

Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) - Canadian analysis

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Table 1: Population trends by geographic area
Geographic area	Time Period ^{Table 1 - footnote 1}	Annual trend ^{Table 1 - footnote 2}	Intervals ^{Table 1 - footnote3}
Geographic area	Time Period ^{Table 1 - footnote 1}	Annual trend ^{Table 1 - footnote 2}	Lower	Upper
Canada Select to view graph of the geographic area: Canada 1970-2012; Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) - Canadian analysis	1970-2012	-2.6	-4.9	-0.1

Breeding Bird Survey in North America (BBS) - U.S. analyses

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Table 2: Population trends by geographic area
Geographic area	Time Period	Annual trend ^{Table 2 - footnote 1}	Limits
Geographic area	Time Period	Annual trend ^{Table 2 - footnote 1}	Lower	Upper
North America Select to view graph of the geographic area: North America 1966-2012; Breeding Bird Survey in North America (BBS) - U.S. analyses	1966-2012	-2.6	-2.9	-2.3

References

COSEWIC. 2007a. COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 27 pp. COSEWIC. 2007a. COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 27 pp. (Link)
Smith, K.G., J.H. Withgott and P.G. Rodewald. 2000. Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Smith, K.G., J.H. Withgott and P.G. Rodewald. 2000. Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. (Link)
Woodliffe, A. 2007. Red-headed Woodpecker pp. 320-321 in: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario, 2001-2005. Cadman, M.D., D.A. Sutherland, G.G. Beck, D. Lepage and A.R. Couturier, Eds. Bird Studies Canada, Environment Canada, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and Ontario Nature, Toronto, Ontario.