All red-bellied woodpeckers show a black-and-white barred back, white uppertail coverts ... Adult female: red on the head is limited to nasal tufts (just above the bill) and nape; wash of color ...
but this patterning is very limited in northern birds. Adult: red head and breast, pale yellow belly, back black with geographically variable yellow-­buff to white barring on the sides of the ...