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The ladder-backed woodpecker is a small woodpecker about 16.5 to 19 cm (6½ to 7½ inches) in length. It is primarily colored black and white, with a barred pattern on its back and wings resembling the rungs of a ladder.
Brown-backed woodpecker: Dendropicos obsoletus (Wagler, 1829) 105 Nuttall's woodpecker: Dryobates nuttallii (Gambel, 1843) 106 Ladder-backed woodpecker: Dryobates scalaris (Wagler, 1829) 107 Downy woodpecker: Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) 108 Crimson-naped woodpecker: Dryobates cathpharius (Blyth, 1843) 109 Necklaced woodpecker
Birds of Carlsbad Caverns National Park: Gray and Bell’s vireo, Vermillion flycatcher, Cactus wren, Ladder-backed woodpecker and varied bunting.
Ladder-backed woodpecker Male Female Dryobates scalaris (Wagler, 1829) Southwestern United States (north to extreme southern Nevada and extreme southeastern Colorado), most of Mexico, and locally in Central America as far south as Nicaragua: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Lesser spotted woodpecker Male Female Dryobates minor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Where trees are in short supply, the gilded flicker and ladder-backed woodpecker excavate holes in cactus, and the Andean flicker and ground woodpecker dig holes in earth banks. The campo flicker sometimes chooses termite mounds, the rufous woodpecker prefers to use ants' nests in trees and the bamboo woodpecker specialises in bamboos. [ 39 ]
American three-toed woodpecker, Picoides dorsalis; Black-backed woodpecker, Picoides arcticus; Downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens; Nuttall's woodpecker, Dryobates nuttallii (R) Ladder-backed woodpecker, Dryobates scalaris; Hairy woodpecker, Dryobates villosus; White-headed woodpecker, Dryobates albolarvatus; Northern flicker, Colaptes auratus
The 3 permanent breeding species are the Gila and ladder-backed woodpeckers and the gilded flicker. Lewis's woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis, (winter range) Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus (C) (Jun and Oct, Nov – also observed in Calif deserts/ Salton Sea) (* SW) Gila woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, Permanent
Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects. ... Ladder-backed woodpecker ...