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Acorn Woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus )

Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus photo

Acorn Woodpecker (Male), Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon, Near Green Valley, Arizona

Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved.

Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus photo

Acorn Woodpecker (Male), The Drip At Madera Canyon, Near Green Valley, Arizona

Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved.

ACORN WOODPECKER FACTS

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Melanerpes
Species:	formicivorus
Common Name:	Acorn Woodpecker

Relatives in same Genus
  Golden-fronted Woodpecker (M. aurifrons)
  Red-bellied Woodpecker (M. carolinus)
  Golden-cheeked Woodpecker (M. chrysogenys)
  Red-headed Woodpecker (M. erythrocephalus)
  Lewis's Woodpecker (M. lewis)
  Black-cheeked Woodpecker (M. pucherani)
  Gila Woodpecker (M. uropygialis)