The ladder-backed woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) is a North American woodpecker.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Ladder-backed Woodpecker being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- Genus
- Dryobates
- Species
- Dryobates scalaris
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