Arizona Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus arizonae)

Arizona Woodpecker Leuconotopicus arizonae

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Leuconotopicus arizonae (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Picoides. Picoides stricklandi (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was previously split into P. stricklandi and P. arizonae following AOU (2000).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	500,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	200000 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2002
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 200,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification: The species is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2019).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Mexico	extant	native	yes
USA	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Altitude	1200 - 2400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Arizona Woodpecker Leuconotopicus arizonae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/arizona-woodpecker-leuconotopicus-arizonae on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.