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Common Name:Woodpecker, Ladder-backed
Scientific Name:Picoides scalaris
Family:Picidae
Area:Lake Havasu State Park, Arizona
Date:February 11, 2013

This is a small woodpecker, slightly larger than a Downy Woodpecker, but smaller than a Hairy Woodpecker. Males have a red crown, females do not.


Lake Havasu State Park, Arizona - - - February 16, 2013


Buckskin Mountain State Park, Arizona - - - December 7, 2010

Reference:National Geographis Feild Guide to the Birds of North America