Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Campephilus melanoleucos

f6.7 @ 1/2000s, ISO:1600, Nikon D3S w 500mm and 1.7X teleconverter

"Crimson-crested Woodpecker," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The crimson-crested woodpecker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Panama, Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. The crimson-crested woodpecker is 33 to 36 cm (13 to 14 in) long and weighs 225 to 281 g (7.9 to 9.9 oz). It is one of the largest woodpeckers in its range, though the higher elevation powerful woodpecker (C. pollens) is roughly the same size. Both sexes of the nominate subspecies C. m. melanoleucos have black upperparts from nape to rump; their rump, wings, and tail are brownish black. They have vertical white stripes on the sides of their neck that continue onto their back and form a "V". Their flight feathers have pale white or yellow or yellowish white edges. Their throat, front and sides of their neck, and their upper breast are black. Their lower breast and belly are pale cinnamon buff to tawy with wide black bars. Their undertail coverts are pale yellow to yellowish white. Their bill is a long ivory chisel, their iris white to yellow, and their legs variable shades of gray. Adult males have a mostly red head with a white to pale yellow patch at the base of the bill and a small black and white spot on the ear coverts.

Panama

03/04/2017