Introductory
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Picoides borealis | Red-Cockaded Woodpecker 



ABBREVIATION : 
PIBO

COMMON NAMES : 
   red-cockaded woodpecker


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for the red-cockaded woodpecker
is Picoides borealis (Vieillot).  It is in the family Picidae [2].
There are two recognized subspecies [56]:

        Picoides borealis borealis
        Picoided borealis hylonomus (Wetmore)


ORDER : 
Piciformes

CLASS : 
Bird

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
Endangered

OTHER STATUS : 
Kentucky, Misssissippi, Oklahoma, Tennesse, and Virginia list the
red-cockaded woodpecker as critically imperiled.  Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas
list it as threatened or imperiled [57,58].  Oklahoma lists it as
endangered [59].  Maryland lists it as historical, and Missouri lists it
as extirpated [57,58].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Julie L. Tesky, August 1994


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tesky, Julie L. 1994. Picoides borealis. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Picoides borealis | Red-Cockaded Woodpecker