Birds of Guyana

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Genus: Colaptes (3 species, 14 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.


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.

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.

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