Barred black-and-white woodpecker with a tan head and belly. Males have a red crown patch.
Barred black-and-white woodpecker with a tan head and belly. Females lack the red crown patch seen on males.
Barred black-and-white woodpecker with a tan head and belly. Males have a red crown patch.
Found in deserts of southwestern U.S. and western Mexico. Often eats saguaro cactus fruits. Males have a red crown patch.
Found in deserts of southwestern U.S. and western Mexico including urban areas, where it often visits feeders.
Barred black-and-white woodpecker with a tan belly and head. Males have a red crown patch that females lack. Nests in holes in cacti and desert trees.
Nests in holes in saguaro cacti and desert trees.
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A medium-sized woodpecker with a long, pointed bill.
Larger than a Ladder-backed Woodpecker, smaller than a Gilded Flicker.
between robin and crowOne subspecies is found in the United States and south through Mexico (uropygialis), while two subspecies (brewsteri, cardonensis) are endemic to Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. The plumages of the subspecies differ only subtly.
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