I first heard of the Arizona woodpecker when my son, Sam, visited southeastern Arizona. He specifically mentioned seeing them near the Santa Rita Lodge in Madera Canyon, the first I'd also ever heard of it. When I visited southeastern Arizona in late May I was disappointed to see only one Arizona woodpecker, a female, and it was at the Santa Rita Lodge. It is brown and white and only the male has red on the head.
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| Illustration of a male from Birds of the World. |
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| Range from Birds of the World. |
The article in Birds of the World notes that the Arizona woodpecker can be hard to locate while nesting. It also indicates it is one of about three dozen species of Mexican bird species that reach their northern breeding limit in the southwestern U.S. These birds share the same habitats with the blue-throated mountain-gem, Rivoli's hummingbird, coppery-tailed trogon, sulphur-bellied flycatcher and others. I think these are the birds that I primarily saw on my recent trip and made it such a wonderful adventure.
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