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Gray-crowned Woodpecker

Colaptes auricularis

Range & Recent Observations

Gray-crowned Woodpeckeris a year-round resident and doesn't follow a migration flyway. See the Range tab for where it lives.

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About the Gray-crowned Woodpecker

The grey-crowned woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is endemic to western Mexico.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name
Colaptes auricularis
Family
Woodpeckers
Order
Piciformes

Similar species

Other members of the woodpeckers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

  • Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
  • American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
  • Arizona Woodpecker Leuconotopicus arizonae
  • Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
  • Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
  • Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
  • Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
  • Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
  • Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
  • Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
  • Golden-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys
  • Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons

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