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Ladder-Backed Woodpecker

dryobates scalaris

The Ladder-Backed Woodpecker is a small, lively bird that loves to peck on trees. Its unique ladder-like markings on the back make it easy to recognize!

Hábitat: Ladder-Backed Woodpeckers live in dry, open woodlands and scrub areas, often near cacti.

Aspecto

The Ladder-Backed Woodpecker has a striking black-and-white striped head and a back patterned like a ladder. Males have a small red cap, while females have an all-black crown. It's smaller than many other woodpeckers.

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Ladder-Backed Woodpecker

Categoría

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Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Snaps

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Datos interesantes

Sometimes they visit backyard feeders for suet, a fatty bird treat!

Their tiny brains are perfectly safe, even after pecking wood 10 times a second!

These tiny woodpeckers often make nests right inside giant saguaro cacti!

They will even nest in fence posts or telephone poles when trees are scarce.

Habilidades especiales

Ladder-Backed Woodpecker has a special skull that absorbs shock, protecting its brain while pecking hard.

Ladder-Backed Woodpecker can cling vertically to trees and cacti using two forward-facing and two backward-facing toes.

Ladder-Backed Woodpecker has a long, barbed tongue that reaches deep into bark to snatch hidden insects.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 16-18 cm
Envergadura: 25-30 cm
Peso: 0.02-0.04 kg
Esperanza de vida: 5-7 años
Top Speed: 35 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 3-5
Incubación: 10-14 días

Dieta y alimentación

They mostly eat insects found in bark, but also enjoy seeds and juicy cactus fruit.

Alimentos principales

Beetle larvae
Ants
Caterpillars
Mesquite beans
Cactus fruit

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Young woodpeckers can be snatched by large birds of prey.

eaten by

Gopher Snake

Pituophis catenifer

These snakes may climb trees to raid woodpecker nests.

shelters

Saguaro Cactus

Carnegiea gigantea

They carve nest cavities into the tall, thick stems of saguaros.

eats

Golden Buprestid Beetle

Buprestis aurulenta

They forage for the larvae of wood-boring beetles under tree bark.

Rasgos

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.