Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Picoides scalaris

Tree Clinging

Length: 7 in. (18 cm )

A small woodpecker of arid scrublands and riparian forests, it rarely enters suburban areas. It eats insects pecked from wood or gleaned from the bark as well as fruits. Females feed higher in the trees and do more gleaning from the bark than the males. The nest cavity is usually in a dead limb or snag.

The four-digit banding code is LBWO.

Male | Robert Shantz

Female | Robert Shantz

Desert

Mesquite bosque

Riparian / River forest

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Bird Sound Type: Buzzing
Sex of Bird: Male

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