Texas
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Picoides scalaris
(L 7.25" WS 13" Wt 1.1 oz)
Found in arid and desert
areas in SW U.S. but in
pinelands in Cent. America.
areas in SW U.S. but in
pinelands in Cent. America.
When a dead tree falls, the
woodpeckers share in its death.
woodpeckers share in its death.
(Malayan Proverb)
Roma Bluffs
03Nov2010
© Bob McGuire
Macaulay
Library
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Picoides in Greek means
woodpecker-resembling;
woodpecker-resembling;
sclaris in Latin means ladder.
Estero Llano Grande
State Park
State Park
23Apr2021
Estero Llano Grande
State Park
State Park
23Apr2021
female
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