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Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Melanerpes aurifrons

Description:

This medium-sized woodpecker has a black and white striped pattern above and gray below. There are red patches on the top of the head (male) and nape of neck. A gold patch is located at the base of the bill. The bill itself is black.

Habitat:

Open to semi-open forests and scrubland in Texas and extending down to Central America.

Notes:

These woodpeckers consume not just insects but also fruit when it is available.

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5 Comments

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 10 years ago

LandmarkExpert, It's an easy mistake to make. They have a very similar silhouette and have a similar appearance. But I appreciate you making the suggestion because it's sometimes good to review IDs. I once misidentified a yellow-crowned night-heron as a black-crowned night-heron and someone spotted my mistake. Those two immatures look a lot a like and I'm glad someone pointed it out.

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

beautiful bird, gordon. i have just removed my suggestion because after further examination, i have found that it is not a flicker as i thought.

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 10 years ago

Thanks for the comments. They are pretty birds, aren't they.

LandmarkExpert, They could be ID'd as a flickers, but this is not a flicker. A northern flicker has a spotted breast and doesn't have the gold at the base of the top bill.
Compare: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/north... and http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Golde...

Jake Taylor
Jake Taylor 10 years ago

Beautiful bied

Braulio Rivas Tapia
Braulio Rivas Tapia 10 years ago

Amazing composition!

Gordon Dietzman
Spotted by
Gordon Dietzman

Texas, USA

Spotted on Apr 25, 2013
Submitted on May 8, 2013

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