The bleeding-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes sanguicephalus) is a species of woodpecker that inhabits the swamps and forests of Blumsberg Island. Like most woodpecker species, the bleeding-headed woodpecker drills through trees in order to hunt for tree-burrowing insects such as grubs and beetles. The bleeding-headed woodpecker is named for its reddish-colored spot on top of its head resembling a bullet wound. It is solitary for most of its life, like most woodpeckers, only to come with other woodpeckers of its kind to mate during breeding seasons. The bleeding-headed woodpeckers began to decline around 1880s due to the introduction of the invasive aye-ayes of Madagascar, which competes against the native woodpeckers for food and territories. The bleeding-headed woodpecker is an endangered species because of competition from nonnative aye-ayes, but conservationists are protecting the remaining bleeding-headed woodpeckers through captive breeding and regulating the population of aye-ayes.