Acorn Woodpecker Research Paper

Acorn woodpeckers are a unique kind of bird. The scientific name of the Acorn woodpecker is Melanerpes formicivorus. These striking birds are mostly black above with a red cap, creamy white face, and black patch around the bill. In flight, they show three patches of white: one in each wing and one on the rump. Females have less red on the crown than males. The Acorn woodpecker does not camouflage into the environment when in the trees. There is a lot to learn about the acorn woodpecker like the Habitat, Endangered / Prey, and interesting facts.
The Acorn woodpecker lives in the chaparral biome. The chaparral biome is a part of each continent and consists of various types of terrain including mountains and plains. It is often confused with the desert biome because they share many similarities such as both being hot and dry. “The chaparral biome is found in small sections of most continents, including the west coast of the United States, the west coast of South America, the Cape Town area of South Africa, the western tip of Australia and the coastal areas of the Mediterranean.” (http://blog.nwf.org/2014/12/8-wonky-and-wonderful-woodpecker-adaptations/ 9 …show more content…
All members of an Acorn Woodpecker group spend large amounts of time storing acorns. Acorns typically are stored in holes drilled into a single tree, called a granary tree. One granary tree may have up to 50,000 holes in it, each of which is filled with an acorn in autumn. (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Acorn_Woodpecker/lifehistoryApril, 2017) The Acorn Woodpecker will use human-made structures to store acorns, drilling holes in fenceposts, utility poles, buildings, and even automobile radiators. Occasionally the woodpecker will put acorns into places where it cannot get them out of. An acorn woodpecker can live up to be about one hundred and fourteen months before it dies. But the oldest recorded woodpecker is seventeen years old and three