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Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)

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Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)

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Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Gila woodpecker Woodpeckers Woodpeckers Birds Chordate Animals
Gilaspecht Spechten Spechtvogels Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Melanerpes uropygialis Picidae Piciformes Aves Chordata Animalia

The Loop (Tucson, Arizona, United States)

2023:04:01 09:25:04
Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)
OM-1 with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/3200 sec at F5.6, ISO 2000, distance 10 m

Tucson, Arizona, United States

2017:04:07 08:15:46
Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)
NIKON D500 with AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, 1/800 sec at F5.6, ISO 200, distance 10.00 m

Sweetwater Wetlands Park (Tucson, Arizona, USA)

2015:02:26 19:10:29
Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S VR Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED, 1/3200 sec at F4.0, ISO 320, distance 11.89 m

Fort Lowell Park, Tucson (Tucson, Arizona, USA)

2014:02:07 16:28:50
Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1000 sec at F6.3, ISO 250, distance 7.94 m

The Gilaspecht is a common woodpecker in the Sonoran Desert. He also always lets himself be heard and screams from tree to tree (or cactus). Here a moment of rest.

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