Birds of Costa Rica

    PICIFORMES: Picidae (Woodpeckers)  
Genus: Melanerpes (5 species, 24 worldwide)


Golden-naped Woodpecker
Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen)
Bijagual de Turrubares, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Acorn Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus flavigula) Male
La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Acorn Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus flavigula) Female
Hotel Tinamu, Manizales, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

In North American this species collects acorns, small nuts from oak trees, for the winter as do squirrels.

Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii) Male
Alajuela, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) Male
Arenal, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A generally common medium-sized lowland species. Female has red only on nape.
Female

Red-crowned Woodpecker
Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus rubricapillus)
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common and reminiscent of the North American Red-bellied Woodpecker.
Female from front.


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