Birds of Bolivia

    PICIFORMES: Picidae (Woodpeckers)  
Genus: Colaptes (6 species, 13 worldwide)

Colaptes is a genus of medium-sized woodpeckers most of which are often seen on the ground with dirt on their bills, and are often called Flickers.


Campo Flicker
Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris campestroides) Female
Iguazu National Park, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

As with most flickers, often seen on the ground with a dirty bill. Compare to Green-barred Woodcreeper in the same genus.

Green-barred Woodpecker
Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros melanochloros) Male
Ibera Wetlands, Carlos Pellegrini, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

In a genus of ground-based Woodpeckers, and sometimes seen on the ground.


Spot-breasted Woodpecker
Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula) Male
Copacabana, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Related to flickers and often seen on the ground.
Male from back.

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (Colaptes rivolii) Female
San Isidro Lodge, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Very different than the flickers and terrestrial woodpeckers in the Colaptes genus in that in rarely if ever goes to the ground. The race in south Peru and Bolivia has a black crown and is sometimes called the Black-crowned Woodpecker.

Golden-olive Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus tucumanus)
Yala, Argentina
  The southernmost race is not very yellow.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Golden-olive Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus gularis) Male
La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A medium to large vocal woodpecker that, unlike others in its genus, rarely comes to the ground. Amount of yellow varies across large range, and nothern and southern populations may soon be split.
Female from back.

Andean Flicker
Andean Flicker (Colaptes rupicola rupicola)
La Paz, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.



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