Species factsheet

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)

Order: Picoides scalaris
Family: Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Danish name: Hvidbåndet Flagspætte

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

cactophilus

sw USA to c and e Mexico

eremicus

n Baja California (Mexico)

lucasanus

s Baja California (Mexico)

soulei

Cerralvo I.

graysoni

Tres Marías Is. (off w Mexico)

sinaloensis

w Mexico

scalaris

s Mexico

parvus

n Yucatan and Cozumel I. (se Mexico)

leucoptilurus

Belize to n Nicaragua

Photos

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