Common Name: Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Scientific Name: Melanerpes aurifrons
Range: This bird is a resident of Texas and Oklahoma and travels south to the tropics for the winter months.
Habitat: The Golden-fronted Woodpecker lives in scrublands at deserts' edge, cottonwood groves and brushy areas, along small streams, wooded canyons, brushlands with cactus and mesquite, rural areas, towns and parks.
This bird typically feeds on the ground and most of the birds live in Texas, frequently on ranches and in city parks.
Birds of Oklahoma. Web. 22 Feb 2011.
http://www.birdsofoklahoma.net/
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