White-headed Woodpecker

Picoides albolarvatus

  1. Aves
  2. Woodpeckers
  3. Woodpeckers
  4. Picoides

24 cm (9") Western North America. Mountain coniferous forests.

White head and throat, male has red patch on back of head, female lacks red on head; wings have white wing patch, otherwise all black.

May land sideways or upside down on trees.

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