Birds of Colombia

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Genus: Piculus (5 species, 7 worldwide)

Genus Piculus are medium-sized sturdy olive-green American forest woodpeckers with short thick bills.


Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker (Piculus callopterus) Darien National Park, Panama
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

At nest.


Golden-green Woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros capistratus) Male Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
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Golden-green Woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros polyzonus) Female Pousada Rio Claro, Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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Yellow-throated Woodpecker (Piculus flavigula) Male Manaus, Brazil
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-throated Woodpecker (Piculus flavigula flavigula) Female MUSA, Manaus, Brazil
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Male with back of crown red.


White-throated Woodpecker (Piculus leucolaemus) Male Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Brayan Coral Jaramillo © All Rights Reserved.


White-throated Woodpecker (Piculus leucolaemus) Female San Martin, Peru
Photograph by Juan José Chalco Luna © All Rights Reserved.


Lita Woodpecker (Piculus litae) Anchicaya, Colombia
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Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
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