Nuttall's Woodpecker
Common
Name: Nuttall's Woodpecker
(NUWO)
Scientific
Name:
Picoides
nuttallii
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: NOT on the IUCN 2004 Red
List
National-level
Conservation Status:
Nothing other than coverage under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Key
Reference(s): BNA No. 555 (Lowther 2000)
Distribution:
Resident from n
California
south, west of the deserts and the Sierra divide (also in the
Owens
Valley
), to nw
Baja California
. Casual or accidental in s
Oregon
, w
Nevada
, and se
California
(AOU 1998).
Habitat
Associations:
Oak, pine-oak, and riparian (especially willow-cottonwood) woodland
(AOU 1998).
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs: BNA No. 555 (Lowther
2000); PIF Monitoring Needs document (Partners in Flight Science Committee
2004)
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category: ** (Long-term population
trend monitoring considered adequate, but some issues (e.g., bias) may not
be accounted for)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – NOTE: Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) provides
acceptable data at the continental level (PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
- Second
priority monitoring action – Improve the BBS (PIF Monitoring Needs
doc)
- Third
priority monitoring action – Conduct new winter surveys (PIF
Monitoring Needs doc)
Habitat
Needs/Ecology/Life History
- Information
on in-the-nest biology (including incubation period) (BNA)
- Behavioral
studies tied to information on genetic relatedness (BNA)
Species
Interactions
- Study
of interactions with other coexisting woodpecker species (BNA)
[Link
to References]
[Link
to PIF Bird Conservation Plans]
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