Birds of Panama

    PICIFORMES: Picidae (Woodpeckers)  
Genus: Melanerpes (4 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.

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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