Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalaris - Pic arlequin
Systematics
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Order:
Piciformes
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Family:
Picidés
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Genus:
Dryobates
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Species:
scalaris
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 18 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 21 à 48 g
Longevity
4 years
Geographic range
Identification
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.
Subspecific information 9 subspecies
- Dryobates scalaris scalaris (s Mexico)
- Dryobates scalaris cactophilus (sw USA to c and e Mexico)
- Dryobates scalaris eremicus (n Baja California. Mexico.)
- Dryobates scalaris lucasanus (s Baja California. Mexico.)
- Dryobates scalaris soulei (Cerralvo I.)
- Dryobates scalaris graysoni (Tres Marías Is.. off w Mexico.)
- Dryobates scalaris sinaloensis (w Mexico)
- Dryobates scalaris parvus (n Yucatán and Cozumel I.. se Mexico.)
- Dryobates scalaris leucoptilurus (Belize to n Nicaragua)
Foreign names
- Pic arlequin,
- Pico mexicano,
- pica-pau-arlequim,
- Texasspecht,
- Ladderspecht,
- Picchio scalare,
- bandryggig hackspett,
- Leiderspett,
- ďateľ harlekýn,
- strakapoud proužkohřbetý,
- Hvidbåndet Flagspætte,
- meksikonkirjotikka,
- picot garser arlequí,
- dzięcioł pasiasty,
- redeļu dzenis,
- Техасский дятел,
- シマアカゲラ,
- 纹背啄木鸟,
- bandryggig hackspett,
- 梯背啄木,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
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
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- What Bird-The ultimate Bird Guide, Mitchell Waite
- 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 (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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