of the many species originally described by  Linnaeus in his 18th-century work  Systema Naturae . [ 1 ]  The specific epithet is derived from the  Ancient Greek  words  erythros  'red' and  kephalos  'head'. [ 2 ] Melanerpes erythrocephalus brodkorbi Melanerpes erythrocephalus caurinus Melanerpes erythrocephalus erythrocephalus [ edit ] Description Adults are strikingly