Birds of Venezuela

    PICIFORMES: Picidae (Woodpeckers)  
Genus: Melanerpes (2 species, 24 worldwide)


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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