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Id | 2311 | ||||||||||||
Family | Woodpeckers ~ Spætter ~ Carpinteros (Picidae) | ||||||||||||
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Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) Gilaspætte ~ Carpintero del Desierto ~ Kaktusspett |
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Subspecies | uropygialis | ||||||||||||
Locality |
Bosque Los Colomos (Guadalajara), Mexico
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Date | 2016-06-11 | ||||||||||||
Sex, Age, Comment | Male with red top. Generally a pale bird with yellow on the lower belly. The tail feathers are streaked, compared to Golden-fronted which has them unstreaked black. These two species overlap in this part of Mexico (Jalisco) and do hybridize. The most common woodpecker in the park. Notice how little yellow it has on the nape compared to the hybrid on 2310. | ||||||||||||
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