Where are red cockaded woodpeckers located?

Red-cockaded woodpeckers live in pine forests of the Southern states.

Red-cockaded Woodpecker is an endangered species that are mostly found living in mature pine forests from Florida to Virginia and west to southeast Oklahoma and eastern Texas. For nesting, red-cockaded woodpeckers use old-growth trees of most southern pine species, except for sand pine, spruce pine, white pine, and table-mountain pine. The older pines are favoured by the red-cockaded woodpecker with a fungus called red Heart disease which attacks the center of the trunk, causing the inner wood to become soft. Cavities generally take 1 to 3 years to excavate which the red-cockaded adore because they are perfect for nests and for eggs to nest in and hatch. The red-cockaded woodpecker is probably one of the most well-known endangered species in North Carolina. They are found only in the south eastern United States and usually live in threes that are 30 years or older and even more mature trees for nesting. They are really social animals. In fact, the red-cockaded woodpecker species that live in family groups year-round.