[texbirds] Re: sabine woodpeckers
- From: Harlan Stewart <hstewartmail@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 13:30:23 -0500
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Thank you, Ray.
It would seem that the frequency of avi-meisters is very high at TexBirds. I
really appreciate the info.
Harlan
On Jun 1, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Ray Porter wrote:
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> Harlan,
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> The female Melanerpes appears to be a Golden Fronted in every respect so I
> don't think there is any question about that bird. However, the male is
> intriguing as several people have suggested the possibility of a hybrid.
> First I tried checking for pictures of the Red Bellieds, Golden Fronted (both
> from guides, internet and my photo library), Florida Red Bellieds and Yucatan
> Red Bellieds and Red Bellied x Golden Fronteds (I didn;t find any pictures)
> but none seemed to fit the description. So I found this article and the
> author's conclusion and designation for what are in her mind hybrids, so
> quoting from Smith, Julia I. "Evidence of Hybridization Between Red-Bellied
> Golden-Fronted Woodpeckers." The Condor 89:377-386, "In general, putative
> male hybrids resemble their female counterparts being characterized by: no
> tail bars, only white blotches; reddish-orange to orange fronts; orange to
> yellowish-orange bellies; no gray gap on nape; and no extra lateral color on
> nape."
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> Based on that characterization, I think the male Melanerpes is a Red Bellied
> x Golden Fronted. As a side bar, note she rejected use of rump color,
> character as diagnostic.
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> ray porter
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