ML564168651
Contributor
Joseph Morlan Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
South Padre Is.--Birding and Nature Center
Cameron, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Golden-fronted gets its name from the gold colored nasal tufts and forehead. This is a male. Females lack the red patch on the crown. A close relative of the more widespread Red-bellied Woodpecker, Golden-fronted Woodpecker ranges from Texas and Oklahoma into Mexico and parts of Middle America. They form a superspecies along with Gila, Hoffmann's, and West Indian Woodpeckers. This is the nominate race but numerous other subspecies range south through Middle America. Some are darker and have a red rather than golden nape. Some of these which have been proposed as separate species. Sometimes placed in the genus "Centurus."
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
- ISO
- 250
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 1024 pixels x 991 pixels
- Original file size
- 465.39 KB