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Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) Woodpeckers (Picidae) | |||||||||||||
Agernspætte ~ Carpintero Bellotero ~ Samlarspett | |||||||||||||
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2009-09-06 Sierra Fría (agu), Mexico
Subspecies: formicivorus (aculeatus) Las Driades. Male with the red cap connected to the white front. |
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2012-05-10 Volcán Nevado de Colima, Mexico
Subspecies: formicivorus (aculeatus) Female with black in front of the red back crown. |
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2015-08-23 Bosque Primavera (Guadalajara), Mexico
Subspecies: formicivorus Male with extensive red crown toward the front. With only 5 visible rectrices, it must be in a heavy state of molt, even though the R6, outermost, apparently is always barely visible. A common species here in the dry oak forest. |