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Melanerpes formicivorus (Acorn Woodpecker)

Synonyms: Picus formicivorus (homotypic)
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) is a medium-sized woodpecker, 21 cm (8.3 in) long, with an average weight of 85 g (3.0 oz).
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Infraspecies

Melanerpes formicivorus albeolus (Acorn woodpecker)
Melanerpes formicivorus angustifrons (Acorn woodpecker)
Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi
Melanerpes formicivorus flavigula (Acorn woodpecker)
Melanerpes formicivorus formicivorus (Acorn woodpecker)
Melanerpes formicivorus lineatus (Acorn woodpecker)
Melanerpes formicivorus striatipectus (Acorn woodpecker)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.67199
EDGE Score: 1.89792
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  79 grams
Birth Weight [3]  5 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Mexican pine-oak forests, Temperate western forests, Pine-oak forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Mexican pine-oak forests, Temperate western forests
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [4]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  20 %
Diet - Nectar [4]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  60 %
Forages - Canopy [4]  60 %
Forages - Mid-High [4]  40 %
Clutch Size [5]  5
Clutches / Year [3]  2
Fledging [1]  31 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  6,500,000
Incubation [3]  14 days
Mating System [6]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  16 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  9 inches (23 cm)
Female Maturity [3]  1 year 10 months
Male Maturity [3]  2 years 1 month

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Prey / Diet

Predators

Accipiter cooperii (Cooper's Hawk)[8]
Bubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl)[8]
Buteo albonotatus (Zone-tailed Hawk)[8]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7DIET OF ACORN WOODPECKERS AT LA PRIMAVERA FOREST, JALISCO, MEXICO, VERONICA CAROLINA ROSAS-ESPINOZA, ELISA MAYA-ELIZARRARAS, OSCAR FRANCISCO REYNA BUSTOS AND FRANCISCO MARTIN HUERTA-MARTINEZ, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(3):494–498, 2008
♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0