Male Gila Woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis uropygialis, 9.25 in / 23.5 cm. COMMON in low-elevation deserts with woody plants large enough to provide nest sites, including habitat with saguaro cactus or cottonwoods. Nest hole entrance in a Giant Saguaro. Photographed in April 2008.

Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch, Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

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Northern Flicker (Red-shafted), Colaptes auratus collaris, 12.5 in. / 31.75 cm. COMMON and widespread in wooded habitats with openings such as forest edges, golf courses and riparian cottonwoods. Eating ants here.

Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States.

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Red-naped Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, 8.5 in. / 21.6 cm. UNCOMMON in aspen groves in mountains, slap in coniferous forests where aspens are intermixed. During migration and winter found in lowland riparian and suburban habitats. Photographed in October 2006.

Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States.

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Female Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Dryobates scalaris cactophilus, 7.25 in. / 18.42 cm. COMMON in mature mesquite and other arid wooded habitats, including desert scrub. Photographed in November 2008.

Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States.

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Hairy Woodpecker (Rocky Mountains), Picoides villosus icastus, 9.25 in. / 23.5 cm. COMMON in mature forests, where it forages on trunks and major limbs of large trees. In the West found in any mature, open forest. Photographed in November 2006.

Marshall's Gulch, Mount Lemmon, Catalina Mountains, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States.

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