Talk:Acorn woodpecker

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Southern US? My "Birds of North America" book gives habitat as "southwestern US and Pacific coast from Baja California to Washington". I often see them in oaks in Northern California. -- 07:20, 22 September 2005‎ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.42.15.161 (talk • contribs)

Could we add a map of their habitat? RJFJR (talk) 22:49, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) is a bird in the woodpecker family, Picidae. It is found across Central America, as well as the western United States and parts of Colombia. A medium-sized bird, it has a length of around 20 cm and is mostly black, with adult males have a red cap starting at the forehead and females a black area between the forehead and the cap. As their name implies, acorn woodpeckers are heavily dependent on acorns for food, which they store in small holes that they drill into trees, known as "granaries" or "storage trees". This acorn woodpecker was photographed in the grounds of California State University, Chico, United States. Photograph credit: Frank Schulenburg Recently featured: Heungseon Daewongun Symphony No. 9 Phoenicolacerta troodica Archive More featured pictures

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