Birds of Peru

    PICIFORMES: Picidae (Woodpeckers)  
Genus: Melanerpes (4 species, 24 worldwide)


White-fronted Woodpecker
White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) Rare/Accidental
Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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.


Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) Male
Arenal, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A generally common medium-sized lowland species. Female has red only on nape.
Female


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