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| Introduction | [VII] |
| Order Piciformes | [1] |
| Family Picidae: American woodpeckers | [1] |
| Campephilus principalis: Ivory-billed woodpecker | [1] |
| Habits | [1] |
| Distribution | [12] |
| Dryobates villosus villosus: Eastern hairy woodpecker | [13] |
| Habits | [13] |
| Distribution | [23] |
| Dryobates villosus septentrionalis: Northern hairy woodpecker | [25] |
| Habits | [25] |
| Dryobates villosus auduboni: Southern hairy woodpecker | [27] |
| Habits | [27] |
| Dryobates villosus harrisi: Harris’s woodpecker | [29] |
| Habits | [29] |
| Dryobates villosus hyloscopus: Cabanis’s woodpecker | [33] |
| Habits | [33] |
| Dryobates villosus monticola: Rocky Mountain hairy woodpecker | [35] |
| Habits | [35] |
| Dryobates villosus picoideus: Queen Charlotte woodpecker | [37] |
| Habits | [37] |
| Dryobates villosus terraenovae: Newfoundland woodpecker | [38] |
| Habits | [38] |
| Dryobates villosus icastus: Chihuahua woodpecker | [39] |
| Habits | [39] |
| Dryobates villosus sitkensis: Sitka hairy woodpecker | [40] |
| Habits | [40] |
| Dryobates villosus orius: Modoc woodpecker | [41] |
| Habits | [41] |
| Dryobates villosus scrippsae: Lower California hairy woodpecker | [44] |
| Habits | [44] |
| Dryobates villosus leucothorectis: White-breasted woodpecker | [44] |
| Habits | [44] |
| Dryobates pubescens pubescens: Southern downy woodpecker | [45] |
| Habits | [45] |
| Distribution | [47] |
| Dryobates pubescens gairdneri: Gairdner’s woodpecker | [49] |
| Habits | [49] |
| Dryobates pubescens leucurus: Batchelder’s woodpecker | [51] |
| Habits | [51] |
| Dryobates pubescens medianus: Northern downy woodpecker | [52] |
| Habits | [52] |
| Dryobates pubescens nelsoni: Nelson’s downy woodpecker | [68] |
| Habits | [68] |
| Dryobates pubescens turati: Willow woodpecker | [69] |
| Habits | [69] |
| Dryobates borealis: Red-cockaded woodpecker | [72] |
| Habits | [72] |
| Distribution | [79] |
| Dryobates scalaris symplectus: Texas woodpecker | [79] |
| Habits | [79] |
| Distribution | [81] |
| Dryobates scalaris lucasanus: San Lucas woodpecker | [82] |
| Habits | [82] |
| Dryobates scalaris cactophilus: Cactus woodpecker | [83] |
| Habits | [83] |
| Dryobates scalaris eremicus: San Fernando woodpecker | [86] |
| Habits | [86] |
| Dryobates nuttalli: Nuttall’s woodpecker | [87] |
| Habits | [87] |
| Distribution | [91] |
| Dryobates arizonae arizonae: Arizona woodpecker | [91] |
| Habits | [91] |
| Distribution | [96] |
| Dryobates albolarvatus albolarvatus: Northern white-headed woodpecker | [97] |
| Habits | [97] |
| Distribution | [104] |
| Dryobates albolarvatus gravirostris: Southern white-headed woodpecker | [105] |
| Habits | [105] |
| Picoïdes arcticus: Arctic three-toed woodpecker | [106] |
| Habits | [106] |
| Distribution | [115] |
| Picoïdes tridactylus bacatus: American three-toed woodpecker | [116] |
| Habits | [116] |
| Distribution | [121] |
| Picoïdes tridactylus fasciatus: Alaska three-toed woodpecker | [122] |
| Habits | [122] |
| Picoïdes tridactylus dorsalis: Alpine three-toed woodpecker | [124] |
| Habits | [124] |
| Sphyrapicus varius varius: Yellow-bellied sapsucker | [126] |
| Habits | [126] |
| Distribution | [139] |
| Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis: Red-naped sapsucker | [141] |
| Habits | [141] |
| Sphyrapicus varius daggetti: Southern red-breasted sapsucker | [146] |
| Habits | [146] |
| Sphyrapicus varius ruber: Northern red-breasted sapsucker | [151] |
| Habits | [151] |
| Sphyrapicus thyroideus thyroideus: Williamson’s sapsucker | [154] |
| Habits | [154] |
| Distribution | [160] |
| Sphyrapicus thyroideus nataliae: Natalie’s sapsucker | [162] |
| Habits | [162] |
| Ceophloeus pileatus pileatus: Southern pileated woodpecker | [164] |
| Habits | [164] |
| Distribution | [170] |
| Ceophloeus pileatus abieticola: Northern pileated woodpecker | [171] |
| Habits | [171] |
| Ceophloeus pileatus floridanus: Florida pileated woodpecker | [189] |
| Habits | [189] |
| Ceophloeus pileatus picinus: Western pileated woodpecker | [191] |
| Habits | [191] |
| Melanerpes erythrocephalus: Red-headed woodpecker | [195] |
| Habits | [195] |
| Distribution | [208] |
| Balanosphyra formicivora formicivora: Ant-eating woodpecker | [211] |
| Habits | [211] |
| Distribution | [211] |
| Balanosphyra formicivora bairdi: California woodpecker | [212] |
| Habits | [212] |
| Balanosphyra formicivora angustifrons: Narrow-fronted woodpecker | [222] |
| Habits | [222] |
| Balanosphyra formicivora aculeata: Mearns’s woodpecker | [223] |
| Habits | [223] |
| Balanosphyra formicivora martirensis: San Pedro woodpecker | [226] |
| Habits | [226] |
| Asyndesmus lewis: Lewis’s woodpecker | [226] |
| Habits | [226] |
| Distribution | [236] |
| Centurus carolinus: Red-bellied woodpecker | [237] |
| Habits | [237] |
| Distribution | [244] |
| Centurus aurifrons: Golden-fronted woodpecker | [245] |
| Habits | [245] |
| Distribution | [249] |
| Centurus uropygialis uropygialis: Gila woodpecker | [250] |
| Habits | [250] |
| Distribution | [256] |
| Centurus uropygialis cardonensis: Cardon woodpecker | [257] |
| Habits | [257] |
| Centurus uropygialis brewsteri: Brewster’s woodpecker | [258] |
| Habits | [258] |
| Colaptes auratus auratus: Southern flicker | [259] |
| Habits | [259] |
| Distribution | [261] |
| Colaptes auratus luteus: Northern flicker | [264] |
| Habits | [264] |
| Colaptes cafer collaris: Red-shafted flicker | [287] |
| Habits | [287] |
| Distribution | [294] |
| Colaptes cafer cafer: Northwestern flicker | [296] |
| Habits | [296] |
| Colaptes cafer martirensis: San Pedro flicker | [298] |
| Habits | [298] |
| Colaptes chrysoides chrysoides: Cape gilded flicker | [299] |
| Habits | [299] |
| Distribution | [300] |
| Colaptes chrysoides mearnsi: Mearns’s gilded flicker | [301] |
| Habits | [301] |
| Colaptes chrysoides brunnescens: San Fernando flicker | [305] |
| Habits | [305] |
| Colaptes cafer rufipileus: Guadalupe flicker | [306] |
| Habits | [306] |
| Literature cited | [309] |
| Index | [323] |