Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Historic Range of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Texas
![Red-cockaded Woodpecker](../images/17_sml_rcw.jpg)
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
The Red-cockaded Woodpecker, historically occurred with regularity in the counties listed below.
![Map of Texas showing historic range of Red-cockaded Woodpecker](../images/04_map_historic_range.gif)
Red
Circle indicates Sighting
Reports in Brazos,
Red River
and Waller counties.
Red
Square indicates Specimen
Record
in Tarrant County.
Red
Star indicates Breeding
Record with
Specimen in
Lavaca and Lee counties.
Texas Counties in the Historic Range of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker:
Anderson (partial), Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Chambers, Cherokee, Gregg, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Marion, Montgomery, Morris, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Panola, Polk, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Smith, Titus (partial), Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Walker, and Wood (partial).
Present Range of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Texas (as of 1999)
The RCW currently occurs in the eastern counties of Texas as shown on the map below. Counties and numbers of occurrences are listed below the map.
![Map of Texas showing present range of Red-cockaded Woodpecker](../images/05_map_present_range.gif)
Legend for Map Showing Current Range
![Legend for Map of Current RCW Range](../images/06_map_legend.gif)
Counties having Current Occurrence of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers:
- Counties having
more than 10 groups:
Houston, Jasper, Montgomery, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto and Walker - Counties having
3 to 10 groups:
Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Newton, Shelby, and Trinity - Counties having
1 or 2 groups:
Nacogdoches, Polk, and Tyler - Counties which
are extirpated:
Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Chambers, Gregg, Harris, Harrison, Jefferson, Liberty, Marion, Morris, Orange, Rusk, Smith, Titus (partial), and Upshur
Wildlife Diversity Program
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
4200 Smith School Road
Austin, TX 78744
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