Arizona Woodpecker

Picoides arizonae

Order

PICIFORMES

Family

Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Code 4

ARWO

Code 6

PICARI

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Dagger, All-purpose
Eye Color: Hazel, Brown, or Dark brown. May vary with age, Pyle suggests hatch year and early second year birds show brown or gray-brown iris, developing to reddish brown in older birds.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Spotted
Crown Color: Dark Brown
Forehead Color: Dark Brown
Nape Color: Red
Throat Color: White with dark brown speckles.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 20 cm (7.8 in)
Weight: 48 g (1.7 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: White, Brown
Underparts: White with dark brown speckles.
Upperparts: Dark brown with white wing bars.
Back Pattern: Spotted or speckled
Belly Pattern: Spotted or speckled
Breast Pattern: Spotted or speckled

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Several rapid wing beats alternate with short glides with wings folded.
Wingspan Range: 36 cm (14.15 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Forked Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Dark Brown
Under Tail: Dark brown with white barring.
Leg Color: Gray

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