| 词条 | Golden-fronted woodpecker |
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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | image = Melanerpes aurifrons2.jpg | image_caption = A male from the northern subspecies group at Roma, Texas | genus = Melanerpes | species = aurifrons | authority = (Wagler, 1829) }} The golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) is a North American woodpecker. Its preferred habitat is mesquite, riparian woodlands, and tropical rainforest. It is distributed from Texas and Oklahoma in the United States through Mexico to Honduras and northern Nicaragua.[2] Cooke listed this species as an abundant resident of the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, in 1884. TaxonomyRecent genetic data indicate that the species as currently constructed is paraphyletic. The golden-fronted, golden-naped, wide-bar-backed birds from the north of the range ("true" golden-fronted woodpeckers) were shown to be more closely related to red-bellied woodpecker than the red-fronted, red-naped, narrow-bar-backed birds from the south. It is suggested that the latter population, the santacruzi group, be treated as a separate species, Velasquez's woodpecker. It is found from eastern Mexico to Nicaragua.[3] NestingNesting behavior of the golden-fronted is similar to that of the red-bellied woodpecker. Tall trees of pecan, oak, and mesquite are the major species used for nesting in the United States and northern Mexico. Occasionally fence posts, telephone poles, and bird boxes are used. DietThe diet of the golden-fronted woodpecker consists of both insects and vegetable matter. Grasshoppers make up more than half of the animal matter and other insects include beetles and ants. Vegetable matter consumed consists of corn, acorns, wild fruits, and berries. Gallery==References== 1. ^{{IUCN|id=22680862 |title=Melanerpes aurifrons |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}} 2. ^Husak, Michael S. and Terry C. Maxwell. (1998). Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/373 {{doi|10.2173/bna.373}} 3. ^{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1525/cond.2009.080017| title = Molecular Systematics of the Red-Bellied and Golden-Fronted Woodpeckers| journal = The Condor| volume = 111| issue = 3| pages = 442| year = 2009| last1 = García-Trejo | first1 = E. A. | last2 = De Los Monteros | first2 = A. E. | last3 = Arizmendi | first3 = M. D. C. | last4 = Navarro-Sigüenza | first4 = A. G. }}
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