Size: 7 inches
Overall Color: black-white
Occurrence: widespread
Diet: insects, cactus fruits
Nest: cavity
Field Identification: white eye stripe, black and white barred back, red crown from nape to forehead
Season: year-round
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Piciformes
Family: 44 Picidae (woodpeckers)
Genus: Picoides
Species: scalaris
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