Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

Acorn Woodpecker (Male), Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon, Near Green Valley, Arizona
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus photo

Acorn Woodpecker (Male), The Drip At Madera Canyon, Near Green Valley, Arizona
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

ACORN WOODPECKER FACTS

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Melanerpes
Species:	formicivorus
Common Name:	Acorn Woodpecker

Relatives in same Genus
  Golden-fronted Woodpecker (M. aurifrons)
  Red-bellied Woodpecker (M. carolinus)
  Golden-cheeked Woodpecker (M. chrysogenys)
  Red-headed Woodpecker (M. erythrocephalus)
  Lewis's Woodpecker (M. lewis)
  Black-cheeked Woodpecker (M. pucherani)
  Gila Woodpecker (M. uropygialis)

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