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Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
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Picoides scalaris |
| Description: 7" Barred black-and-white back, strong black-and-white facial pattern, male has red cap, female black cap | Habitat:Scrublands at deserts' edge, cottonwood groves and brushy areas along small streams, wooded canyons, brushlands with cactus and mesquite, rural areas, towns, parks. Often feeds on the ground. |
| Nesting: 4-5 white eggs in a hole in a tree, cacti, posts | Range: Resident of southwest US east to Oklahoma, south to tropics |
| Voice: a sharp pic!, similar to that of Downy | Diet:
Fruit including especially cactus. |
| Notes: most numerous of its family in Texas, frequents ranches, city parks |
| When present in Oklahoma: present year-round in south - southwest part of state |