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[[Image:8242605-7922fg2 Arizona Woodpecker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|bobsofpa|bobsofpa}}<br />[[Madera Canyon]], [[Arizona]], [[USA]],  May 2005]]
 
;[[:Category:Picoides|Picoides]] stricklandi
 
;[[:Category:Picoides|Picoides]] stricklandi
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
18cm.  Brown on top, dark rump, white underparts speckled with many brown spots, three white bars on their wings, two white stripes across the face, white bar on their neck; males have a red patch on the nape of their head which is lacking on females.
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18–19 cm (7-7½ in)<br />
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Male
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*Buff nasal tufts
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*Blackish-brown forehead, crown and hindneck
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*Red nape
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*Broad white strip behind eye
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*Dark brown upper [[Topography#Heads|lores]]
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*White underparts, heavily spotted
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*Three white wing bars<br />
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Female similar, but lacks red nape
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
South-central [[Mexico]].
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Coniferous forests of eastern [[Mexico]] (Michoacán to west-central Veracruz)
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
The former subspecies arizonae and fraterculus are now accepted as full species, [[Arizona Woodpecker]]. Therefore this species is monotypic.<br />
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br
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Formerly treated [[Dictionary_A-C#C|conspecific]] with [[Arizona Woodpecker]].<br />
 
Placed in genus ''[[:Category:Leuconotopicus|Leuconotopicus]]'' by Gill and Donsker.
 
Placed in genus ''[[:Category:Leuconotopicus|Leuconotopicus]]'' by Gill and Donsker.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Pine forests and mixed pine-oak slopes at heights of about 4,500 to 7,000 feet.  
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Temperate coniferous forests and mixed pine-oak slopes at heights around 4,500 to 7,000 feet.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
They nest in a cavity excavated from a dead tree trunk. 3-4 white eggs are laid on a bed of wood chips.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of insects, particularly beetle larvae, with the addition of some fruit and seeds.
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They usually feed alone, but will join mixed species feeding flocks.
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====Breeding====
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They nest in a cavity excavated from a dead tree trunk. The clutch consists of 3-4 white eggs which are laid on a bed of wood chips. There is little other information.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Feb 2018)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Picoides+stricklandi}}
 
{{GSearch|Picoides+stricklandi}}
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Picoides]] [[Category: Missing Images]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Picoides]]

Revision as of 00:03, 25 February 2018

Photo by bobsofpa
Madera Canyon, Arizona, USA, May 2005
Picoides stricklandi

Identification

18–19 cm (7-7½ in)
Male

  • Buff nasal tufts
  • Blackish-brown forehead, crown and hindneck
  • Red nape
  • Broad white strip behind eye
  • Dark brown upper lores
  • White underparts, heavily spotted
  • Three white wing bars

Female similar, but lacks red nape

Distribution

Coniferous forests of eastern Mexico (Michoacán to west-central Veracruz)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].<br Formerly treated conspecific with Arizona Woodpecker.
Placed in genus Leuconotopicus by Gill and Donsker.

Habitat

Temperate coniferous forests and mixed pine-oak slopes at heights around 4,500 to 7,000 feet.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of insects, particularly beetle larvae, with the addition of some fruit and seeds.

They usually feed alone, but will join mixed species feeding flocks.

Breeding

They nest in a cavity excavated from a dead tree trunk. The clutch consists of 3-4 white eggs which are laid on a bed of wood chips. There is little other information.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Feb 2018)

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