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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 9 1/2" (24 cm). Barred with black and white above and buff below, like Red-bellied Woodpecker, but male has red restricted to cap; nape orange; forecrown yellow; female lacks red but has orange nape. | |
| − | + | Voice: Loud churrrr. Call a burry chuck-chuck-chuck. | |
| − | + | ==Distribution== | |
| − | Habitat Open woods in dry country and river bottoms with trees. | + | Resident in southwestern Oklahoma and central Texas. |
| − | + | ==Taxonomy== | |
| + | The species name ''aurifrons'' is Latin for "gold-fronted | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Open woods in dry country and river bottoms with trees.<BR>This familiar woodpecker is common in the parks and shade trees of Texas towns and cities. A southwestern species, it is a close relative of and resembles the Red-bellied Woodpecker found mainly in the Southeast. ." | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
Nesting 4 or 5 white eggs in holes in mesquite trees, poles, and posts. | Nesting 4 or 5 white eggs in holes in mesquite trees, poles, and posts. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?si=Melanerpes+aurifrons&perpage=12&sort=1&cat=all&ppuser=&[email protected]&password=&x=6&y=15 View more images of Golden-fronted Woodpecker in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?si=Melanerpes+aurifrons&perpage=12&sort=1&cat=all&ppuser=&[email protected]&password=&x=6&y=15 View more images of Golden-fronted Woodpecker in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 00:22, 6 August 2007
- Melanerpes aurifrons
Identification
9 1/2" (24 cm). Barred with black and white above and buff below, like Red-bellied Woodpecker, but male has red restricted to cap; nape orange; forecrown yellow; female lacks red but has orange nape. Voice: Loud churrrr. Call a burry chuck-chuck-chuck.
Distribution
Resident in southwestern Oklahoma and central Texas.
Taxonomy
The species name aurifrons is Latin for "gold-fronted
Habitat
Open woods in dry country and river bottoms with trees.
This familiar woodpecker is common in the parks and shade trees of Texas towns and cities. A southwestern species, it is a close relative of and resembles the Red-bellied Woodpecker found mainly in the Southeast. ."
Behaviour
Nesting 4 or 5 white eggs in holes in mesquite trees, poles, and posts.
