Where are red-cockaded woodpeckers found?
In Florida, the largest populations of red-cockaded woodpeckers occur in the Apalachicola National Forest and Eglin Air Force Base, but smaller populations can be found throughout a large portion of the state. Florida’s red-cockaded woodpecker population represents 25 percent of the nation’s population. Historically, red-cockaded woodpeckers were found throughout the southeastern United States from Florida to New Jersey and Maryland, as far west as eastern Texas, Oklahoma, to Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee. They no longer occur in New Jersey, Maryland, Tennessee or Missouri.
