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Top of head, forehead and back of neck scarlet red, partly so in the
female. Back and wings barred with black and white. White sides of face,
throat. Under parts ashy gray, mixed with yellowish-white and red on the
belly.
Inhabits coniferous and deciduous forests throughout most of the U.S. east
of the Rocky Mountains. Common in the South. Ranges from the Great Lakes,
Ontario and the Great Plains States to southern Texas and from Florida to
Massachusetts.
Excavates cavities in trees up to twenty feet often deep in forests. May nest
in abandon cavities or bird houses.
Lays from four to six white eggs which hatch after about two weeks
incubation and young leave the nest in about another four weeks. |
