Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,400 meters (0 to 4,593 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Melanerpes

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. aurifrons (Golden-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. aurifrons aurifrons (Golden-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. aurifrons insulanus (Golden-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. cactorum (White-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. candidus (White Woodpecker) · M. carolinus (Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. carolinus carolinus (Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. chrysauchen (Golden-Naped Woodpecker) · M. chrysauchen chrysauchen (Golden-Naped Woodpecker) · M. chrysogenys (Golden-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. chrysogenys chrysogenys (Golden-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. cruentatus (Tellow-Tufted Woodpecker) · M. cruentatus cruentatus (Yellow Tufted Woodpecker) · M. erythrocephalus (Tricolored Woodpecker) · M. erythrocephalus caurinus (Red-Headed Woodpecker) · M. erythrocephalus erythrocephalus (Red-Headed Woodpecker) · M. flavifrons (Yellow-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus (Narrow-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus angustifrons (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus bairdi (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus formicivorus (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus lineatus (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus martirensis (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. herminieri (Guadeloupe Woodpecker) · M. hoffmanni (Hoffmann's Woodpecker) · M. hoffmannii (Hoffmann's Woodpecker) · M. hypopolius (Gray-Breasted Woodpecker) · M. lewis (Lewis's Woodpecker) · M. portoricensis (Puerto Rican Woodpecker) · M. pucherani (Black-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. pulcher (Beautiful Woodpecker) · M. pygmaeus (Red-Vented Woodpecker) · M. pygmaeus pygmaeus (Red-Vented Woodpecker) · M. radiolatus (Jamaican Woodpecker) · M. rubricapillus (Red-Crowned Woodpecker) · M. rubricapillus rubricapillus (Red-Crowned Woodpecker) · M. striatus (Hispaniolan Woodpecker) · M. superciliaris (West Indian Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. superciliaris superciliaris (West Indian Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. uropygialis (Brewster's Woodpecker) · M. uropygialis brewsteri (Gila Woodpecker) · M. uropygialis uropygialis (Gila Woodpecker)

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Further Reading

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• A systematic list of the birds of California / by Joseph Grinnell. Hollywood: Cooper Ornithological Club, 1912. url p. 15.
• A-birding on a bronco, by Florence A. Merriam. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, 1896. url , p. ix.
• Additions to the ornithology of Guadalupe Island. By Walter E. Bryant. San Francisco?1887 url p. 274.
• An account of the birds and mammals of the San Jacinto area of southern California with remarks upon the behavior of geographic races on the margins of their habitats by J. Grinnell and H.S. Swarth. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1913. url p. 221, p. 245.
• Animal life in the Yosemite; an account of the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in a cross-section of the Sierra Nevada, by Joseph Grinnell and Tracy Irwin Storer. .. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1924. url , , p. 337, p. 337, p. 747.
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• Birds of California: an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies / Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1912, c1903. url .
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 591707
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178190
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13886951
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178190
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 406690

Footnotes

1. Mean = 232.270 meters (762.041 feet), Standard Deviation = 479.050 based on 11 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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