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Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Melanerpes aurifrons

Photo by SusanEllison
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Description:

spotted at santa clara ranch.
is a North American woodpecker. Its preferred habitat is mesquite and riparian woodlands. It is distributed from Texas and Oklahoma in the United States through Mexico to Honduras and northern Nicaragua. Cooke listed this species as an abundant resident of the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, in 1884.

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Comments (5)
JoshuaGSmith
Cool photo! This would be excellent on the mission for the woodpeckers of the United states. http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/71226021
Ric3
I didn't know about this species. Thanks.

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