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Picoides villosus
Adults are mainly black on the upper parts and wings, with a white or pale back and white spotting on the wings; the throat and belly vary from white to sooty brown, depending on subspecies. There is a white bar above and one below the eye. They have a black tail with white outer feathers. Adult males have a red patch or two side-by-side patches on the back of the head; juvenile males have red or rarely orange-red on the crown.
Cedar Grove, Hotel Creek Trail, Kings Canyon, CA.
Spotted on Sep 22, 2014
Submitted on Jan 19, 2015
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