Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Gila Woodpecker
Melanerpes uropygialis
- umum
- 28 km/h
- Pemula
- Risiko rendah
Carves nest cavities into saguaro cacti. Your desert message comes from a 40-foot apartment building.
- Populasi
- ~1.5 million mature individuals globally (stable trend); ~590,000 in the USA
- Habitat
- Sonoran and Colorado Desert lowlands — desert scrub with saguaro cacti, arroyos/washes, riparian woodland, and adapted well to suburban towns and gardens
- Fakta menarik
- Gila Woodpeckers excavate nest cavities directly into living saguaro cacti, whose wounds seal into a hard scarred pocket called a "boot" that long outlasts the cactus and is later reused by other desert birds.
- Sebaran
- Southwestern USA (southeastern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico) south through western and central Mexico; non-migratory resident throughout
- Makanan
- Omnivorous — mainly insects gleaned/excavated from bark, plus cactus fruit, berries, nectar (including at hummingbird feeders), seeds, and occasionally lizards, eggs, and nestlings of small birds
- Ukuran
- 0,23 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,41 m
- Masa hidup
- 5 tahun
