Birds of North America

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Picoides scalaris


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A side view of a female Ladder-backed Woodpecker as it searches for grubs and insects along a limb of a tree at the Santa Ana National Wildlife Reserve near Progreso, Texas, USA.

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A back view of a female Ladder-backed Woodpecker as it looks about, along a trail at the Santa Ana National Wildlife Reserve near Progreso, Texas, USA.

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A side view of a male Ladder-backed Woodpecker climbing a tree next to a lake at the Frontera Audubon Reserve at Weslaco, Texas, USA.

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A back view of a male Ladder-backed Woodpecker on a tree next to a trail at the Frontera Audubon Reserve at Weslaco, Texas, USA.

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A male Ladder-backed Woodpecker peering over a trunk of a tree next to the Rio Grande River near Salineno, Texas, USA.

Life, Habitat & Pictures of the Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Name B L W W W Family Latin Name
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 7.25" 18.4cm 13" 33cm1.1oz 31.2g Picidae Picoides scalaris


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