Definition of "red-bellied" [red-bellied]

• Having a red belly, or the under parts red: as, the red-bellied nuthatch, Sitta canadensis; the red-bellied snipe, Macrorhamphus scolopaceus; the red-bellied woodpecker, Centurus carolinus; the red-bellied monkey of Africa, Cercopithecus erythrogaster; the red-bellied terrapin, Chrysemys or Pseudemys rubriventris.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "One red-bellied woodpecker adjusts his head from the birch limb."
• "Response: This is a red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus."
• "Immature red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus (formerly, Centurus carolinus; protonym, Picus carolinus), also known as the zebra woodpecker or the zebraback, photographed at Houston, Texas (USA)."