Birds like woodpeckers and songbirds tend to have red feathers on top of their heads.
List of Birds That Have Red Heads
- Acorn Woodpecker
- Andean Flicker
- Anna’s Hummingbird
- ‘Apapane
- Arizona Woodpecker
- Australian King-parrot
- Baltimore Oriole
- Barn Swallow
- Black Woodpecker
- Black-necked Woodpecker
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Brazilian Tanager
- Bronze-winged Woodpecker
- Bullock’s Oriole
- California Condor
- Campo Flicker
- Canvasback
- Cassia Crossbill
- Cassin’s Finch
- Chilean Flicker
- Cinnamon Teal
- Common Crane
- Common Linnet
- Common Pochard
- Common Redpoll
- Common Rosefinch
- Crimson Sunbird
- Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
- Desert Cardinal
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Rosella
- European Green Woodpecker
- European Robin
- Fernandina’s Flicker
- Gang-gang Cockatoo
- Gila Woodpecker
- Gilded Flicker
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker
- Golden-olive Woodpecker
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Green-barred Woodpecker
- Grey-crowned Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hepatic Tanager
- Hooded Oriole
- House Finch
- ‘I’iwi
- Indian Black Vulture
- Java Sparrow
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Lesser Redpoll
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Lineated Woodpecker
- Little Grebe
- Masked Cardinal
- Micronesian Myzomela
- Mitred Parakeet
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Red Bishop
- Nuttall’s Woodpecker
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill
- Painted Bunting
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Grosbeak
- Purple Finch
- Red Avadavat
- Red Crossbill
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-billed Leiothrix
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker
- Red-cowled Cardinal
- Red-crested Cardinal
- Red-crested Pochard
- Red-faced Warbler
- Redhead Duck
- Red-headed Finch
- Red-headed Lovebird
- Red-headed Trogon
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-masked Parakeet
- Red-naped Sapsucker
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Ruby Throated Hummingbird
- Scarlet Flycatcher
- Scarlet Ibis
- Scarlet Tanager
- Southern Red Bishop
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker
- Summer Tanager
- Turkey Vulture
- Vermilion Flycatcher
- Western Tanager
- White-headed Woodpecker
- White-winged Crossbill
- White-winged Tanager
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cardinal
- Zebra Dove
FAQs
1. What is the rarest bird with a red head? Once a common species throughout the United States, the red-headed woodpecker has become relatively rare.
2. What are the most common birds that have red heads? Finches like the house finch, the purple finch, and the Cassin’s finch are common and often visit the backyards of people’s homes.
3. Which black-colored birds have red heads? The turkey vulture has a bright red head, lacking the black feathers present all over the rest of its body. This helps to keep the vulture’s head clean while feeding.
4. What bird has a red head and a black and white body? Several woodpeckers, like the red-bellied and red-headed woodpeckers, have red heads on top of their black and white bodies.
5. What bird has a red head and a brown body? The house finch sports brown feathers on its body and red ones on its head.
