Birds of Panama

    PICIFORMES: Picidae (Woodpeckers)  
Genus: Piculus (3 species, 7 worldwide)

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



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

At nest.

Golden-green Woodpecker
Golden-green Woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros capistratus) Male
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Golden-green Woodpecker
Golden-green Woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros polyzonus) Female
Pousada Rio Claro, Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bernie DUPONT     Copyright and usage info


Rufous-winged Woodpecker
Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex)
Guapiles, Limon, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.



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