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Common Name

Nuttall's Woodpecker

Alternate Names

Common Type

Woodpecker

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae

Genus

Dryobates

Species

nuttallii

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Preferred habitat is arid to mesic oak woodlands although they also occur in riparian sites and chaparral in the southern parts of its range where oaks are not in abundance.

Distribution and Range

From northern California just into northern Mexico.

Food

Feeds primarily on insect larvae found by tapping and probing into oak trees. Also feeds on sap from sap holes created by red-breasted sapsuckers and consumes a variety of berry seeds

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