Bar-bellied Woodpecker - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by Pitter
Rio Blanco, Caldas, Colombia, February 2014

Veniliornis nigriceps

Identification

17–20 cm
Male

• Red crown
• Pale supercilium

Distribution

Western South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• V. n. equifasciatus:

• Andes of northern Colombia and Ecuador

• V. n. pectoralis:

• Andes of Peru

Female
Photo by edenwatcher
Tapichalaca, Ecuador, March 2006

• V. n. nigriceps:

• Andes of Bolivia (Cochabamba and western Santa Cruz)

Habitat

Humid montane forest and forest edges.

Behaviour

Occasionally observed in mixed species flocks.

Diet

There is no information about their diet. They forage, generally alone, at all levels.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bar-bellied Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bar-bellied_Woodpecker

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