[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This male Golden-fronted Woodpecker was photographed at the Midland Christmas Bird Count, Midland, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 2, 2010)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This female Golden-fronted Woodpecker was photographed at WBC Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: November 13, 2010)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This male Golden-fronted Woodpecker was photographed at Rio Grande Village, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 10, 2010)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This female Golden-fronted Woodpecker was photographed at the Sabal Palms Sanctuary, Brownsville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D3200 camera. (Date: February 25, 2013)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This female Golden-fronted Woodpeccker was photographed at the Visitor Center, Lsguna Atascosa NWR, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: February 27, 2013)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This male Golden-fronted Woodpecker was photographed at the Visitor Center, Laguna Atascosa NWR, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: July 6, 2015)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Golden-fronted Woodpecker was photographed at Ramsey Nature Park, Harlingen, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: November 18, 2019)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14.5 in.]

Great Spotted Woodpeckers are residents across much of northern Europe and Asia. They are basically a black and white woodpecker, but have bright red undertail coverts, unlike any similar woodpeckers in North America. This one was photographed approaching a feeder at a nature center near Nemuro on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.0 EDAF lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)