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The Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the desert regions of the southwestern United States and western Mexico. In the U.S., they range through southeastern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Gila Woodpeckers have a knack for thriving in the nearly treeless desert habitats of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. While most woodpeckers excavate nest cavities in dead trees, Gila Woodpeckers dig out nest holes in living saguaro cactus that tower above the arid landscape.
Learn about the Gila woodpecker, a medium-sized bird of the desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. Find out its appearance, behavior, diet, mating habits, population status, and more on Animalia.bio.
Gila Woodpeckers have a knack for thriving in the nearly treeless desert habitats of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. While most woodpeckers excavate nest cavities in dead trees, Gila Woodpeckers dig out nest holes in living saguaro cactus that tower above the arid landscape.
Learn about the Gila Woodpecker, a black-and-white bird that lives in desert regions of the southwest and Mexico. Find out its range, behavior, diet, nesting, and conservation status.
This desert-dwelling woodpecker is plain buffy-brown with black-and-white barring on the back. Adult males have a red crown. No similar species in range. Occurs singly or in pairs, often perched conspicuously atop a cactus. Comfortable in human settlements; frequently visits feeders and backyards in suburban areas.
Quick Facts. Woodpeckers will loudly bang on metal chimneys and pipes to declare their territories and to attract mates. Owls, kestrels and other birds will use a vacated woodpecker hole for their own nest. Woodpeckers usually lay 3-4 white eggs from early April to late May.
