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Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Strickland's Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
19 cm (7") Fairly common. California, west of the Sierra. Streamside woods, canyons, oaks, chaparral.
Back is barred black and white. Male has red patch on back of neck. Female lacks red on head.
Similar Ladder-backed Woodpecker prefers more arid country and usually east of the Sierra.
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Nuttall's Woodpecker winter distribution map
Nuttall's Woodpecker distribution map