Gila Woodpecker GIWO
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Gila woodpecker habitat consists of low desert scrub typical of the Sonoran Desert. They build nests in holes made in saguaro cacti or mesquite trees. Both sexes incubate and feed offspring. Its diet is composed greatly of insects, which it gains from drilling into bark. Gila woodpeckers are omnivorous.
Gila Woodpecker GIWO
Gila Woodpecker GIWO
Gila Woodpecker GIWO
Gila Woodpecker comparison to a Gilded Flicker
Gila Woodpecker GIWO auricular study

Gila Woodpecker GIWO
Gila Woodpecker GIWO meatus

Gila Woodpecker GIWO meatus
Gila Woodpecker GIWO sonus auricular

Gila Woodpecker GIWO sonus auricular
Gila Woodpecker GIWO barb spacing

Gila Woodpecker GIWO barb spacing
Gila Woodpecker GIWO barb angle

Gila Woodpecker GIWO barb angle
Gila Woodpecker GIWO plucked auriculars

Gila Woodpecker GIWO plucked auriculars
Microscopy @ 50x 150x 300x proximal sonus auricular.

Gila Woodpecker GIWO proximal sonus
Distal and medial microscopy.

Gila Woodpecker GIWO distal sonus
Gila Woodpecker GIWO
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