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Acorn Woodpecker

Melanerpes formicivorus ORDER: PICIFORMES FAMILY: PICIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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The clown-faced Acorn Woodpecker is a common bird of western oak forests. It lives in extended family groups, and all members of the group spend hours and hours storing thousands of acorns in carefully tended holes in trees and telephone poles.

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Calls

Most common call a loud "waka-waka-waka."

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