Birds of Panama

    PICIFORMES: Picidae (Woodpeckers)  
Genus: Campephilus (3 species, 12 worldwide)


Pale-billed Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis regius)
Temozon, Yucatan, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Panegyrics of Granovetter     Copyright and usage info


Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) Male
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos malherbii) Female
ProAves Blue-billed Curassow Reserve, Puerto Pinzon, Boyaca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A large widespread woodpecker similar in size to the Lineated Woodpecker, but compare facial markings.

Splendid Woodpecker
Splendid Woodpecker (Campephilus splendens)
San Cipriano, Valle de Cauca, Colombia
  Large.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A large woodpecker split from the Crimson-bellied Woodpecker of the western foothills, and only found in the Pacific lowland forests of central and south America.


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