| Common Name: | Woodpecker, Gila | | Scientific Name: | Melanerpes, uropygialis | | Family: | Picidea | | Area: | Buckskin Mountain State Park, Arizona | | Date: | December 22, 2009 | 
Shown here is a male on the left with his red cap and a female on the right. Gila Woodpeckers are about three inches smaller than Northern Flickers, or about the size of a Robin. | | Reference: | National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America / Western Birds by Farrand |
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