Strickland's Woodpecker

Leuconotopicus stricklandi (Malherbe, 1845)

Strickland's Woodpecker, Leuconotopicus stricklandi, breeds in central Mexico, where it is found in a narrow east-west belt from Michoacán to Veracruz. It is a woodpecker of pine forests and mixed pine-oak slopes at elevations of about 4,500 to 7,000 feet. First described by Malherbe in 1845, it was once treated as part of the Arizona Woodpecker before the two were split into separate species. Some authorities still place it in Picoides. It is a quiet, shy bird and is fairly common within its restricted range.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Breeding range

Middle America: c Mexico