Arizona Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus arizonae) [XC245859]
by Greg Irving from Tac\u00e1mbaro, Michoac\u00e1n, Mexico (call)
Arizona Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus arizonae) [XC408975]
by Richard E. Webster from Patagonia Lake State Park, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States (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).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Strickland's Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus stricklandi).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
arizonae (Hargitt, 1886) - South-western USA, western, northern Mexico.
fraterculus (Ridgway, 1887) - Southern Sinaloa and adjacent Durango south to Michoacán.