Latin Name	Centurus carolinus
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General Literature

Bent, Arthur Cleveland. Life Histories of North American Woodpeckers. New York: Dover Publications, 1964

Kilham, Lawrence. Life History Studies of Woodpeckers of Eastern North America. Cambridge, Mass.: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1983.

Short, Lester L. Woodpeckers of the World. Greenville, Del.: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 1982.

Skutch, Alexander Frank. Life of the Woodpecker. Santa Monica: Ibis Publishing Co., 1985.

Winkler, Hans et al. Woodpeckers: A Guide to the Woodpeckers of the World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.

Species-specific Literature

Brackbill, Hervey. “Red-bellied Woodpecker Taking Bird’s Eggs.” Journal of Field Ornithology (October; 1969)

Breitwisch, R. J. The Ecology and Behavior of the Red-bellied Woodpecker, Centurus carolinus (Linnaeus) (Aves: Picidae), in South Florida. (Master's Thesis; University of Miami, 1977)

Burleigh, Thomas Dearborn. Geographical Variation in the Red-bellied Woodpecker in the Southeastern United States. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1944.

Connor, Richard N. “Red-bellied Woodpecker Predation on Nestling Carolina Chickadees.” Auk (October-December; 1974)

Curry, James R. “Red-bellied Woodpecker Feeds Tufted Titmouse.” Wilson Bulletin (October-December; 1969).

Fisher, William H. “Nesting of the Red-bellied Woodpecker in Hartford County, Maryland.” Auk (July-September; 1903)

Hauser, Doris C. “Reverse Mounting in Red-bellied Woodpeckers.” Auk (July-September; 1959)

Hickman, Graham C. “Egg Transport Recorded for the Red-bellied Woodpecker.” Wilson Bulletin (October-December; 1970)

Ingold, Danny J. “Nest-Site Fidelity in Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers.” Wilson Bulletin (January-March; 1991)

Ingold, Danny J. “Simultaneous Use of Nest Trees by Breeding Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers and European Starlings.” Condor (January-February; 1990)

Ingold, Danny J. “Nesting Phenology and Competition for Nest Sites Among Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers and European Starlings.” Auk (April-June; 1989)

Jackson, Jerome A. “A Comparison of Some Aspects of the Breeding Ecology of Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers in Kansas.” Condor (January-February; 1976)

Kilham, Lawrence. “Nest-Site Differences Between Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers in South Carolina.” Wilson Bulletin (January-March; 1977)

Kilham, Lawrence. “Food Storing of Red-bellied Woodpeckers.” Wilson Bulletin (July-September; 1963)

Kilham, Lawrence. “Reproductive Behavior of Red-bellied Woodpeckers.” Wilson Bulletin (July-September; 1961)

Kilham, Lawrence. “Pair Formation, Mutual Tapping and Nest Hole Selection of Red-bellied Woodpeckers.” Auk (July-September; 1958)

Lawrence, Robert B. “A New Long Island, N. Y., Record for the Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus).” Auk (January-March; 1896)

Lewis, Stewart. “The Red-bellied Woodpecker in Northwestern New Jersey.” Auk (April-June; 1890)

McGuire, N. M. “A Red-bellied Woodpecker Robs a Sapsucker.” Wilson Bulletin (January-March; 1932)

Mueller, Helmut C. “Sunflower Seed Carrying by Red-bellied Woodpeckers (Centurus carolinus).” Journal of Field Ornithology (January; 1971)

Neill, Andrew J. “Red-bellied Woodpecker Predation on Nesting House Wrens.” Condor (May-June; 1990)

Peck, E. B. “The Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes Carolinus)." Wilson Bulletin (March-April; 1890)

Saul, L. J. 1983. "Red-bellied Woodpecker Responses to Accipiters." Wilson Bulletin (July-September; 1983)

Saul, L. J. and D. A. Wassmer. "Red-bellied Woodpeckers Roosting Outside of Cavities." Florida Field Naturalist (1983), pp 50-51.

Shackelford, Clifford E. et al. Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus). Philadelphia: Birds of North America, Inc., 2000.

Smith, Julia I. “Evidence of Hybridization Between Red-bellied and Golden-fronted Woodpeckers.” Condor (March-April; 1987)

Stewart, Paul A. “A Red-bellied Woodpecker Six and a Half Years of Age.” Journal of Field Ornithology (January; 1933)

Stickel, David W. “Wing-stretching of Red-bellied Woodpeckers.” Auk (July-September; 1965)

Stickel, David W. “Roosting Habits of Red-bellied Woodpeckers.” Wilson Bulletin (October-December; 1964)

Stickel, David W. “Interspecific Relations Among Red-bellied and Hairy Woodpeckers and a Flying Squirrel.” Wilson Bulletin (April-June; 1963)

Stickel, David W. “Predation on Red-bellied Woodpecker Nestlings by a Black Rat Snake” Auk (January-March; 1962)

Watt, Doris J. “Red-bellied Woodpecker Predation on Nesting American Redstarts.” Wilson Bulletin (April-June; 1980)

Whitney, T. H. “Red-bellied Woodpecker at Atlantic, Iowa.” Wilson Bulletin (April-June; 1917)

Wilkins, H. Dawn and Gary Ritchison. “Drumming and Tapping by Red-bellied Woodpeckers: Description and Possible Causation.” Journal of Field Ornithology (Autumn; 1999)