This interesting pecker sits in the genus Picoides which includes the Eurasian Three-toed WP and the Black-backed WP. It can be found in conifer forests that have been degraded by beetle infestations frequently after a fire or flood, mostly in far northern North America but it also strays down into the rockies of the western United States. I had been mostly skunked in my efforts to find them until we found a nice burned out tract of conifers in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado where I saw this one. As the name implies, it has three toes unlike most WPs which have four.
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