Birds of Guyana

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Genus: Melanerpes (3 species, 24 worldwide)


White Woodpecker
White Woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus)
Bolivia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus)
Villavicencio, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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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