Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus - Pic glandivore
Systematics
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Order:
Piciformes
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Family:
Picidés
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Genus:
Melanerpes
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Species:
formicivorus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 23 cm
- Wingspan: 35 à 43 cm.
- Weight: 65 à 90 g
Longevity
16 years
Geographic range
Identification
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.
Subspecific information 7 subspecies
- Melanerpes formicivorus formicivorus (sw USA to se Mexico)
- Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi (Oregon. USA. to n Baja California (Mexico))
- Melanerpes formicivorus angustifrons (s Baja California. Mexico.)
- Melanerpes formicivorus albeolus (e Chiapas. se Mexico. to Belize and ne Guatemala)
- Melanerpes formicivorus lineatus (Chiapas. s Mexico. to n Nicaragua)
- Melanerpes formicivorus striatipectus (Nicaragua to w Panama)
- Melanerpes formicivorus flavigula (Colombia)
Foreign names
- Pic glandivore,
- Carpintero bellotero,
- pica-pau-das-bolotas,
- Eichelspecht,
- gyűjtő küllő,
- Eikelspecht,
- Picchio delle ghiande,
- samlarspett,
- Eikespett,
- tesárik dubový,
- datel sběrač,
- Agernspætte,
- terhotikka,
- picot menjaglans,
- dzięciur żołędziowy,
- zīļu dzenis,
- Муравьиный меланерпес,
- ドングリキツツキ,
- 橡树啄木鸟,
- 橡樹啄木,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Woodpeckers, an identification guide of the woodpeckers of the world, Winkler Hans, Christie David
- Vol. 7 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
- IOC World Bird List (v13.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
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- Gruiformes
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- Opisthocomiformes
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