Ladder-backed woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)

Dryobates scalaris is a species in the Dryobates genus. It is commonly known as Ladder-backed woodpecker This name is unplaced name for the species in the family Picidae subfamily Picinae, tribe Melanerpini, . This species is found in southwestern United States (north to extreme southern Nevada and extreme southeastern Colorado), most of Mexico, and locally in Central America as far south as Nicaragua.