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Melanerpes formicivorus
Medium-sized, clown-faced woodpecker. The male has a red crown, white forehead and glossy black face and body. The breast is white with black streaking; belly and rump are white. Yellow-tipped throat feathers may be present. Wings are black with white patches. Eyes are white. Female is similar except for a black patch between the white forehead and red crown. The juvenile has a dark eye.
Scrubby wooded hillside near road.
Spotted on May 28, 2013
Submitted on Jan 17, 2014
3 Comments
Consider adding this to the Woodpeckers of the Northwest: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1419...
Thank you. There were a lot of these guys on Catalina. I had great fun watching them stash acorns.
Definitely a bird I want to see when I make it out west. Great photos of a cool bird!