Redhead

The word redhead can mean several things:

• The North American redhead duck Aythya americana
• A colloquial name for the immatures and adult females (i.e., any not adult male) of some other ducks, notably Smew and mergansers
• The North American red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
• The milkweed Asclepias curassavica
• A "redhead" is also a kind of stage light (800W tungsten light): see theatrical lighting
• For the sense of a redhead as a human being with red hair, see red hair.
• Redhead was also a 1959 musical, for which Richard Kiley won the Best Actor Tony Award.
• See also Brian Redhead (1929-1994), BBC Radio presenter on The Today programme