WOODPECKERS   -   PICIDAE   -   PART II

Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker Piculus callopterus Cerro Azul, Panama province, Panama Female. Endemic to Panama, where it inhabits montane forest. (S8)

Lita Woodpecker Piculus litae La Unión, Esmeraldas, Ecuador Male. A terrible shot, but I decided to upload it since it documents an apparent nest. A female was perched nearby. 5 December 2016, 10:00am. (S11)

Yellow-throated Woodpecker Piculus flavigula magnus Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Male. (S11)

Yellow-throated Woodpecker Piculus flavigula erythropis Folha Seca, São Paulo state, Brazil. Male. The isolated red-throated race, endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest of southeastern Brazil; it possibly merits full species status. (D3)

Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros chrysochloros Pixaim, Pantanal, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Male. This is a rather widespread species, but doesn't really seem to be common anywhere. It's found from Panama to Southeast Brazil. (S8)

Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros chrysochloros Pixaim, Pantanal, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Female. (S8)

White-browed (Yellow-browed) Woodpecker Piculus aurulentus Itotoró Lodge, Varginha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Male. This woodpecker is endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest. (S11)

White-browed (Yellow-browed) Woodpecker Piculus aurulentus Hotel Veraneio Hampel, São Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil. Female. (D4)

Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus rubripileus Quebrada Limon, Lambayeque department, Peru. Female, without the red malar of the male. (D2)

Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus alleni Near Minca, Santa Marta mtns, Magdalena department, Colombia. Male.  An endemic race to the Santa Marta mountains. (D3)

Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus chrysogaster Villa Rica-Oxapampa road, Pasco department, Peru. Female. This is a rather distinctive subspecies endemic to Peru. It lacks barring on the belly and has a faint red wash on the mantle. (S8)

Gray-crowned Woodpecker Colaptes auricularis La Soledad, Oaxaca state, Mexico. Male. Endemic to western Mexico. (S5)

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii brevirostris Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male. A  beautiful woodpecker of the Andes. (S6)

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii brevirostris Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Female. (S4)

Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula punctipectus 20km south of Calabozo, Guárico state, Venezuela. Male. This is the race occurring through most of Venezuela, with a greenish cast to the back. (D3)

Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros melanochloros Santuário de Caraça, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Female. She is at her nest in a dead palm tree. (S5)

Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros leucofrenatus Yavi, Jujuy province, Argentina. Male. Formerly treated as a distinct species, Golden-breasted Woodpecker, but the consensus these days is to lump it mainly due to evidence of interbreeding. (D3)

Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola puna El Infiernillo, Tucuman province, Argentina. Female. This woodpecker of the high Andes is one of only a few members of the family that is primarily terrestrial and thrives in areas above treeline. (S8)

Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola rupicola El Infiernillo, Tucuman province, Argentina. Male. (S6)

Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris campestris Pousada Piuval, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Female. The nominate race, with a dark throat. Like the previous species, it is quite terrestrial. (S8)

Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris campestroides Quinta, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Female. The southern race, with a pale throat, which is often called "Field Flicker". (D4)

Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus loricatus Yalare, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador. Male. An attractive woodpecker found in lowland rainforest from Central America to western Ecuador. (S7)

Waved Woodpecker Celeus undatus undatus Imitaca Forest (Rio Grande), Bolívar state, Venezuela. Female. (D3)

Scale-breasted Woodpecker Celeus grammicus verreauxii Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. Female on the left, male on the right (with the red cheek patch). (S6)

Scale-breasted Woodpecker Celeus grammicus subcervinus Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Female. (S7)

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. Male. This handsome woodpecker inhabits Caribbean slope rainforest from S Mexico to Panama. (S8)

Pale-crested Woodpecker Celeus lugubris lugubris Pousada Piuval, Mato Grosso state, Brazil Male. (S6)

Blond-crested Woodpecker Celeus flavescens flavescens Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Female. Like Melanerpes, many Celeus woodpeckers regularly eat fruit. This bird was coming in to bananas at a feeding station. (S5)

Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus flavus Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. Male. (S6)

Ringed Woodpecker Celeus torquatus occidentalis Serra dos Carajás, Pará state, Brazil. Male. I was originally confused by the race information published in HBW, which implied that the nominate race (which this clearly isn't) would be in Pará. Rasmus Boegh helpfully set me straight on this: the nominate race only occurs in Pará north of the Amazon, with occidentalis occurring south of the Amazon. There is a recently described race pieteroyensi from E Pará and W Maranhao, but apparently it is not a widely accepted taxon, and it would be hard to separate from occidentalis. I haven't been able to get a copy of the article yet, as it is described in a rather obscure journal: Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi, sér. Zool. 8(2) : 386. (D3)

Helmeted Woodpecker Celeus galeatus Intervales State Park, São Paulo, Brazil Male. A beautiful "woody" restricted to the Atlantic Forest region; it's pretty rare and very localized, especially in Brazil. It's a bit more common in eastern Paraguay and far northeastern Argentina. This species has been transferred from Dryocopus to Celeus (see SACC 689) (S11)

Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus lineatus El Paujil reserve, Santander department, Colombia. Male, with a complete red crown and red malar. (S5)

Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus lineatus Cabañas Copalinga, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador. Female, lacking the red malar and forehead of the male. (D2)

Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens pollens Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Female. A classic Andean species, found sparsely from Colombia to Peru. The female is rather distinctive, completely lacking any red in her plumage. (S8)

Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens pollens Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male. One of a pair that was nesting in a dead Alnus tree near the lodge. (S8)

Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster splendens Milpe road, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male. One of my favorite woodpeckers, and I was thrilled to finally get this shot, despite the rain. This is quite a scarce woodpecker found in wet foothill rainforest from Panama to Peru. (S8)

Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster splendens Trail between El Valle and Parque Nacional Utría, Chocó department, Colombia. Male. It's nowhere common, but seems to be especially rare in Colombia. (S8)

Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis olallae Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Male. It's a big, beautiful woodpecker of Amazonian and Guianan rainforests of South America. (S11)

Robust Woodpecker Campephilus robustus Perequê, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Male. (S7)

Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos malherbii Pipeline road, Soberania National Park, Colón province, Panama. Male. The most widespread of the Campephilus woodpeckers, found through much of tropical South America as well as Panama. (S8)

Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos malherbii Panama Rainforest Discover Center, Colón province, Panama. Pair; the female is on the top, and the male on the bottom. (S8)

Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha, Ecuador. Male. Very closely related to the previous species, which it replaces in western Ecuador and adjacent areas of Peru and Colombia. (S8)

Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis Buenaventura reserve, El Oro province, Ecuador. Female. (S5)

Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon San Lorenzo, Salta province, Argentina. Male. A bird of drier forest from central Bolivia to northern Argentina. It especially likes Chaco woodland. (S6)

Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon San Lorenzo, Salta province, Argentina. Female. This is one of the birds in the next photo. (S6)

Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon San Lorenzo, Salta province, Argentina. A pair together; the male is the upper bird. (S6)

Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina. A male searching for food for a nearly full-grown fledgling. A fantastic bird, and depending on the fate of the Ivory-bill, could be the largest extant woodpecker in the New World. It inhabits the southernmost forests of South America. (S8)

Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina. The same two birds as above - the adult male is feeding the juvenile. (S8)

Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina. Here the juvenile is trying to forage on its own. (S8)