Arizona Woodpecker

Picoides arizonae

Tree Clinging

Length: 8 in. (19 cm )

Occurring only in pine-oak woodlands of western mountains, this woodpecker is often quite tame and easy to see as it pecks the surface of trunks and dead limbs at low to medium heights in the trees. It eats mainly insects but also fruit and acorns. Frequently the Arizona Woodpecker joins mixed species foraging flocks of titmice, bushtits and nuthatches. The nest is a cavity in a dead branch of a broad-leafed tree.

The four-digit banding code is STWO.

Male | Oliver Niehuis

Female | Robert Shantz

Oak-pine woodland

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Sex of Bird: Male

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Article: Arizona Woodpecker
Author(s): Dr. Biology
Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
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Date published: 13 Jul, 2017
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