Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) drinking water drops. This bird is a medium-sized woodpecker native to the desert regions of the southwestern

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Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) drinking water drops. This bird is a medium-sized woodpecker native to the desert regions of the southwestern United States, ranging through southeastern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. Photographed in Arizona, USA, in February.

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Photo credit: © BOB GIBBONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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