Strickland's Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus stricklandi)

Other Names (World)
Strickland's Woodpecker, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Arizona Woodpecker (arizonae/fraterculus)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Malherbe, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,200 - 4,100 m, occasionally to 4,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico (B) (NB), USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Strickland's Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus stricklandi) [XC597919]
by Alberto Lobato from Parque las maravillas, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, Mexico (call)

Strickland's Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus stricklandi) [XC579593]
by Isain Contreras Rodr\u00edguez from Parque las maravillas, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Picoides stricklandi (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Strickland's Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus stricklandi) and Arizona Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus arizonae) following AOU (2000).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

stricklandi (Malherbe, 1845) - Eastern Mexico, from eastern Michoac�n east to western-central Veracruz and Puebla.
fraterculus (Ridgway, 1887) - Southern Sinaloa and adjacent Durango south to Michoac�n.
arizonae (Hargitt, 1886) - South-western USA, western, northern Mexico.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Stricklands Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus stricklandi) - 10 files

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