Mass: 11.3 g

Diet: insectivore based on Hunter et al. 1989, Allen and O'Connor 2000, Allen and O'Connor 2000, and Bailey et al. 2004; insectivore-frugivore based on Blake and Hoppes 1986

Abundance: 0.03 to 2.28% (median 0.21%)

Latitudinal range: 20.1° to 64.9°

Habitats: (11), Mediterranean woodland (2), boreal forest/taiga (2), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (12), temperate coniferous forest (1), temperate savanna (1), temperate wetland (1)

Found in 31 samples

Canada: Tantramar Marshes, Charlotte County, Keffer (Midden 57, screened) (Holocene), Pender Canal Site (trench) (Holocene), Irving-Johnston (Holocene)

Mexico: La Paz, Rancho Santa Elena

United States: Baldwin County, Hanson, Camarillo Oak Grove County Park, Horseshoe Bend Research Area, Sandrock Cliff (spring), Sandrock Cliff (fall), William Trelease Woods (gap, spring), Wateree, Lucky Peak (willow riparian), Hopland Research and Extension Center, Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge (spring), Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge (fall), Dawes County (in-channel), Wedge Plantation, The Wilds, Zesch Cave (Late Pleistocene), North Creek Shelter (Paleoarchaic) (Holocene), Hulme Site (Holocene), Lower Walnut Settlement (Holocene), Taddlock (Holocene), Croley-Evans (Holocene), Cole Gravel Pit (Holocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Drivers Flat (birds)

	142 mm	N = 1
	128 mm	N = 1

See also Colaptes, Colaptes atricollis, Colaptes cafer, Colaptes campestris, Colaptes melanochloros, Colaptes pitius, Colaptes punctigula, Colaptes rivolii, Colaptes rubiginosus, Colaptes rupicola