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Golden-fronted woodpecker (Yucatan subspecies)
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Golden-fronted woodpecker (Yucatan subspecies) (melanerpes aurifrons dubius)

Bird seen from the hotel window in the center of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. ID aided by those commenting here and the ID forum. Thanks to all.
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Habitat
Waste land in city
Location
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Date taken
26 Nov 2010
Scientific name
melanerpes aurifrons dubius
Equipment used
Canon EOS40D
Stanley Jones
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I would look at female Golden-fronted Woodpecker subspecies dubius. Nice picture! I am looking in "A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America" Howell and Webb. plate 35. Good luck, you might try the ID forum, a lot of those people do ID all the time. I pulled some of my Golden-fronted Woodpecker pictures from South Texas and they have a noticeably larger bill, this bird has a short looking bill to me like a Yucatan Woodpecker.
Cheers!
 
K
Thanks. The ID forum produced much the same idea. ie golden fronted woodpecker Yucatan form. I'm pretty happy with that, comparing to this picture http://www.pbase.com/image/78853326
 

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