The barred black-and-white back pattern of the ladder-backed woodpecker extends up to the ... is larger than the ladder-backed, has a plain gray-brown head and breast (with small red cap in ...

Monotypic (or up to 4 weakly defined ssp. sometimes recognized). Length 9". All red-bellied woodpeckers show a black-and-white barred back, white uppertail coverts, grayish white underparts ...