Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Melanerpes pucherani
   (L 7.3" Wt 2.2 oz)
Rancho Naturalista
Baja
21Jan2023
© David L.
Ross, Jr
Macaulay
Library
Melanerpes in Greek means
black creeper.
© Wikipedia
Even the lonely woodpecker
owes his success to the fact
that he uses his head.
   (Joe Marcucci)
Male has a red crown...in females
it’s black...makes a high-pitched,
rattling chirr, chirr, chirr call.
female
Rancho Naturalista
07Feb2010