These woodpeckers are able to create cavities in other pine species as well such as loblolly, slash, short leaf, Virginia, pond, and pitch pines. Unfortunately, this habitat is shrinking and is often destroyed. Red-cockaded woodpeckers prefer to live in longleaf pine forests, which are found in the southeastern United States. ( BirdLife International, 2012 Conner, et al., 2001) As of 2008, there were an estimated 14,000 to 15,000 adult red-cockaded woodpeckers. As of 1999, their largest population was found along the coasts of South Carolina and Florida. They are no longer found in Missouri or Tennessee. They can also be found in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, western Texas, and in parts of Oklahoma. Over the past 30 years, their range has become much smaller and is limited to parts of southeastern Virginia, in Sussex and Southampton counties, the eastern half of North Carolina, most of South Carolina, the southern half of Georgia, and the Florida panhandle. In the past, red-cockaded woodpeckers have been seen as far north as New Jersey and as far south as Florida. Red-cockaded woodpeckers ( Picoides borealis) are found in the southeastern United States.
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