Pelatuk (Woodpeckers)
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus
- umum
- 28 km/h
- Pemula
- Risiko rendah
Stashes thousands of acorns in granary trees, one hole per nut. Runs the most organized pantry in the forest.
- Populasi
- 1.5–3.4 million mature individuals, increasing
- Habitat
- Open oak and pine-oak woodlands and forests, favoring areas with mature oaks for acorn storage; found in coastal ranges, foothills, and montane forests (elevation range 0-4,400 m; rarely below 1,000 m in Central America)
- Fakta menarik
- Acorn Woodpeckers live in cooperative family groups of up to about 15 birds (including up to seven breeding males and three breeding females) that jointly drill "granary" trees riddled with thousands of holes, each stuffed with a single acorn for later eating.
- Sebaran
- Western United States (Oregon, California, southwestern US) and northern Baja California south through Mexico and Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) to Colombia; vagrant in Canada
- Makanan
- Primarily acorns (cached in "granary" trees with thousands to tens of thousands of storage holes), plus insects caught in flight, tree sap, and fruit
- Ukuran
- 0,21 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,39 m
- Masa hidup
- 6 tahun
