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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | Length 20-25cm, wingspan 38-46cm. Very similar in appearance to [[Golden-fronted Woodpecker]], but distinguished by barred tail and | + | Length 20-25cm, wingspan 38-46cm. Light brown breast and head, red crown on adult male, lacking in female. This is the only barred-back woodpecker in its range. |
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| + | ===Similar Species=== | ||
| + | Very similar in appearance to [[Golden-fronted Woodpecker]], but distinguished by barred tail and range. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | A woodpecker primarily of the Sonoran desert. SE California, where numbers are decreasing; southern Arizona southward into western Mexico, including Baja California. | + | A woodpecker primarily of the Sonoran desert. SE [[California]], where numbers are decreasing; southern [[Arizona]] southward into western [[Mexico]], including Baja California. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Revision as of 15:31, 18 June 2008
- Melanerpes uropygialis
Identification
Length 20-25cm, wingspan 38-46cm. Light brown breast and head, red crown on adult male, lacking in female. This is the only barred-back woodpecker in its range.
Similar Species
Very similar in appearance to Golden-fronted Woodpecker, but distinguished by barred tail and range.
Distribution
A woodpecker primarily of the Sonoran desert. SE California, where numbers are decreasing; southern Arizona southward into western Mexico, including Baja California.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Solitary nester in holes it drills in mesquite trees and saguaro cacti.
Behaviour
Primarily insectivorous; will visit feeders (meat, suet, fruit). Noisy and conspicious, with loud abrasive call.
