Gila woodpecker
melanerpes uropygialis latin

The Gila woodpecker makes its home wherever one is available.

There'd been a gila woodpecker earlier, nesting in a mud wall of the djedida.

There is also an aviary you can walk through, with quail, doves, gila woodpeckers and flickers flitting or waddling about.

Cactus wrens perch atop the saguaros and you are likely to see flycatchers and Gila woodpeckers.

Native birds such as Gila woodpeckers, purple martins, house finches, and gilded flickers live inside holes in saguaros.

Many of the cactuses have holes chiseled in the trunks and arms, where elf owls, cactus wren and gila woodpeckers make their homes.

The Gila woodpecker nests inside the stem of the saguaro cactus where the temperature inside can be up to 30Â C (86Â F) cooler than outside.

The Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the desert regions of the southwestern United States.

These habitats are more easily occupied where a small number of trees exist, or, in the case of desert species like the Gila Woodpecker, tall cacti are available for nesting in.

It hummed and pulsed with the low, rhythmic chorus of the crickets, the eerie cries of the dry wind, and the faint fluttering of Gila woodpeckers whirring among the saguaros.

The Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) creates small holes (about 5 cm across) at midlevel on the cactus, where the ribs are far apart, feeding on larvae under the cactus skin.

The Gila woodpeckers (Melanerpes uropygialis) create new nest holes each season rather than reuse the old ones, leaving convenient nest holes for other animals, such as elf owls, flycatchers, and wrens.

Year-round residents are: Greater Roadrunner, Gambel's Quail, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Gila Woodpecker, Crissal Thrasher, Great-tailed Grackle, Verdin, Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, Common Yellowthroat Sparrow, Song Sparrow.

The Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the desert regions of the southwestern United States.

The Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) creates small holes (about 5 cm across) at midlevel on the cactus, where the ribs are far apart, feeding on larvae under the cactus skin.

The Gila woodpeckers (Melanerpes uropygialis) create new nest holes each season rather than reuse the old ones, leaving convenient nest holes for other animals, such as elf owls, flycatchers, and wrens.