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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
It is identified by the white stripe running down the side of its neck and forming a V on its black back. Its underparts are buff barred with black. The male has an almost totally red head with a black and white spot on the cheek while the female has the broad white stripe extending from the side of the neck across the cheek to the bill.
 
It is identified by the white stripe running down the side of its neck and forming a V on its black back. Its underparts are buff barred with black. The male has an almost totally red head with a black and white spot on the cheek while the female has the broad white stripe extending from the side of the neck across the cheek to the bill.
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Photo by Rogerio Araújo Dias
Brasilia Brazil
Campephilus melanoleucos

Identification

It is identified by the white stripe running down the side of its neck and forming a V on its black back. Its underparts are buff barred with black. The male has an almost totally red head with a black and white spot on the cheek while the female has the broad white stripe extending from the side of the neck across the cheek to the bill.

Distribution

Panama to Argentina (east of the Andes).

Taxonomy

Habitat

Forests and more open woodland. Two white eggs are laid in a nest hole is in a dead tree and incubated by both sexes.

Behaviour

Crimson-crested Woodpeckers chip out holes, often quite large, while searching out insects in trees. They mainly eat insects, including beetle larvae, with some berries.

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