The male of Colombian subspecies has very little red on the head (only the back of head, like a beanie) and the female has no red anywhere.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III
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f/5.6
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Uncalibrated
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1.33 EV
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Aperture Priority
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600 mm
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800
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Tue 24 Feb 2015 09:46:58 AM EST
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Defined: DKZ00008
English Acorn Woodpecker
Scientific (Melanerpes formicivorus flavigula)
Order PICIFORMES
Family (Latin) Picidae
Family (English) Woodpeckers
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions NA, MA, SA
Breeding Range Subregions nw USA to Colombia
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Belize,Colombia,Costa Rica,El Salvador,Guatemala,Honduras,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama,United States - mainland,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
bairdi Oregon (USA) to n Baja California (Mexico)
angustifrons s Baja California (Mexico)
formicivorus sw USA to se Mexico
albeolus e Chiapas (se Mexico) to Belize and ne Guatemala
lineatus Chiapas (s Mexico) to n Nicaragua
striatipectus Nicaragua to w Panama
flavigula Colombia
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Swainson, 1827)
German Eichelspecht
French Pic glandivore
Chinese 橡树啄木鸟
Japanese ドングリキツツキ
Russian Желудёвый дятел
Spanish Carpintero bellotero
Portuguese pica-pau-das-bolotas
Bird Data App text In North American this species collects acorns, small nuts from oak trees, for the winter as do squirrels.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)