Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Cactus Woodpecker, Cape Woodpecker, Ladder-Backed, Ladder-Backed Woodpecker, Mexican Woodpecker, San Fernando Woodpecker, San Lucas Woodpecker, Speckle-Cheek, Texas Woodpecker, Woodpecker
Common Names in French:
Pic Arlequin
Common Names in German:
Texasspecht
Common Names in Japanese:
シマアカゲラ
Common Names in Spanish:
Carpintero Mexicano
Common Names in unspecified:
Ladder-Backed Woodpecker
Description
Physical Description
Adult Female: Head : Crown: black Face : Forehead: black Neck: Nape: black Body: Breast: buffy gray with black marking Flanks: buffy gray with black marking Rump : black Sides: buffy gray with black marking Underparts: buffy gray with black marking Upperparts: black and white barred Legs : Leg Color: black Tail: black with white barring on outer feathers.Adult Male: Head: Crown: red Face: buffy gray with black marking Forehead: black Bill: black Curvature: straight Neck: Nape: black Body: Rump: black Underparts: buffy gray with black marking Upperparts: black and white barred Legs: Foot Color: black Leg Color: black Tail: black with white barring on outer feathers.
Size/Age/Growth
About 7.25 inches long, with a wingspan of 11 to 12 inches. Adults weigh about 1.1 ounces .
Habitat
Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, arid montane scrubs, gallery forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, pine-oak forests, tropical deciduous forests • Maximum Elevation: 2,600 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Lower subtropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; subtropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,180 meters (0 to 10,433 feet).Mean = 903.810 meters (2,965.256 feet), Standard Deviation = 640.390 based on 15,655 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
3.7Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
Biology
Diet
Mostly:
Insects Fruit
Reproduction
- Breeding Habitat : Woodland
- Nest Type : Cavity
- Clutch Size: 2-6
- Length of Incubation : 13 days
Migration
Nonmigratory
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Order:
Piciformes
()
- Meyer & Wolf, 1810
- Woodpeckers
- Order:
Piciformes
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Picoides scalaris (Wagler, 1829)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Downy Woodpecker, Nuttall's Woodpecker
Members of the genus Picoides
There are approximately 109 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
P. albolarvatus (White Headed Woodpecker) · P. albolarvatus albolarvatus · P. albolarvatus gravirostris (White-Headed Woodpecker) · P. arcticus (Black-Backed Woodpecker) · P. arizonae (Arizona Woodpecker) · P. arizonae arizonae · P. arizonae fraterculus · P. arizonae fraterculus] · P. arizonea · P. atratus · P. auriceps · P. borealis (Red-Cockaded Woodpecker) · P. borealis borealis · P. borealis hylonomus (Red-Cockaded Woodpecker) · P. canicapillus · P. canicapillus scintilliceps · P. cathpharius · P. dorsalis (American Three-Toed Woodpecker) · P. dorsalis bacatus · P. dorsalis dorsalis · P. dorsalis fasciatus · P. himalayensis · P. kizuki · P. kizuki kizuki · P. leucotos · P. leucotos lilfordi · P. leucotos namiyei · P. lignarius (Striped Woodpecker) · P. macei · P. macei andamanensis · P. maculatus · P. mahrattensis · P. major · P. major numidus · P. medius · P. minor · P. mixtus (Checkered Woodpecker) · P. mixtus berlepschi · P. mixtus cancellatus · P. mixtus malleator · P. mixtus mixtus · P. moluccensis · P. moluccensis moluccensis · P. nutallii · P. nuttalli · P. nuttallii (Nuttall's Woodpecker) · P. obsoletus ingens · P. pubescens (Downy Woodpecker) · P. pubescens gairdnerii · P. pubescens glacialis · P. pubescens homorus · P. pubescens leucurus · P. pubescens medianus · P. pubescens microleucus · P. pubescens nelsoni · P. pubescens pubescens · P. pubescens turati · P. pubescens x · P. scalaris (Ladder-Backed Woodpecker) · P. scalaris bairdi · P. scalaris cactophilus · P. scalaris catophilus · P. scalaris eremicus (Ladder-Backed Woodpecker) · P. scalaris graysoni (Ladder-Backed Woodpecker) · P. scalaris leucoptilurus (Ladder-Backed Woodpecker) · P. scalaris lucasanus · P. scalaris parvus · P. scalaris ridgwayi · P. scalaris scalaris · P. scalaris sinaloensis · P. scalaris soulei · P. scalaris sumplectus · P. scalaris symplectus · P. scalarisx nuttlallii · P. stricklandi (Strickland's Woodpecker) · P. stricklandi arizonae · P. stricklandi aztecus · P. stricklandii · P. temminckii · P. tridactyla dorsalis · P. tridactylus (Three-Toed Woodpecker) · P. tridactylus albidior (Three-Toed Woodpecker) · P. tridactylus alpinus · P. tridactylus bacatus (Three-Toed Woodpecker) · P. tridactylus crissoleucus · P. tridactylus dorsalis (Three-Toed Woodpecker) · P. tridactylus fasciatus (Three-Toed Woodpecker) · P. tridactylus funebris · P. tridactylus inouyei · P. tridactylus kurodai · P. tridactylus stechowi · P. tridactylus tianschanicus · P. tridactylus tridactylus (Three-Toed Woodpecker) · P. villosus (Hairy Woodpecker) · P. villosus audubonii · P. villosus harrisi · P. villosus hyloscopus · P. villosus icastus (Hairy Woodpecker) · P. villosus jardinii · P. villosus maynardi
Bibliography
- Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
- Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)
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Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Picoides scalaris. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
- Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
- Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, and quot;Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds, and quot; in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
- Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
- Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 13, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
- Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
- University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854157
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178239 ITS-178260
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816631
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178239
- IUCN ID: 47356
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNYF07010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13938
