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Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus · Family Picidae
Melanerpes formicivorus
Family Picidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,835,757
- Countries and territories with records
- 15
About this species
This species has 1,835,757 occurrence records from 15 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (88.2%), Mexico (3.3%), Colombia (3%), Costa Rica (2%) and Guatemala (1.2%); together they account for 97.7% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.15% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Melanerpes formicivorus combines the genus name Melanerpes with the species epithet formicivorus. The Warbla app catalog lists 23 species of the genus Melanerpes; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Melanerpes carolinus, Melanerpes erythrocephalus and Melanerpes aurifrons.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 230 species of the family Picidae. This species ranks 9th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Dryobates pubescens. Its record count is 4.6 times the family average (400,653). The family Picidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.