Golden-fronted Woodpecker
The Golden-fronted Woodpecker is common in the parks and shade trees of Texas towns and cities. A southwestern species, it is a close relative of and resembles the Red-bellied Woodpecker found mainly in the Southeast. The Golden-fronted Woodpecker has a barred black-and-white back, strong black-and-white facial pattern with a conspicuous gold patch above the beak. The male has red cap while the female has a black cap.

The Golden-fronted Woodpecker is a year-round resident in southwestern Oklahoma and central Texas. It prefers scrublands at deserts' edge, cottonwood groves and brushy areas along small streams, wooded canyons, brushlands with cactus and mesquite, rural areas, towns and parks. It gleans much of its food, which consists of insects, acorns, pecans, wild fruits, corn and occasionally citrus, from the ground.
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Range Map

The Golden-fronted Woodpecker excavates nest holes in large living or dead trees, especially in mesquite, oak and pecan. It may also excavate holes in fence posts, telephone or electric poles and occasionally uses bird houses.

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