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[[Image:IMG 8398 s.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Pitter|Pitter}}<br />Rio Blanco, Caldas, [[Colombia]], February 2014]]
 
;[[:Category:Veniliornis|Veniliornis ]] nigriceps
 
;[[:Category:Veniliornis|Veniliornis ]] nigriceps
[[Image:Bar-bellied_Woodpecker.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Female.  Photo by edenwatcher<br>Location: Tapichalaca, [[Ecuador]]]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Males have a red crown.
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17–20 cm<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Red crown
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*Pale [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Andes]] of [[Colombia]] to northern [[Brazil]].
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Western [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]]
 
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''V. n. equifasciatus'':
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:*Andes of northern [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]]
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*''V. n. pectoralis'':
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:*Andes of [[Peru]]
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[[Image:Bar-bellied_Woodpecker.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|edenwatcher|edenwatcher}}<br />Tapichalaca, [[Ecuador]], March 2006]]
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*''V. n. nigriceps'':
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:*Andes of [[Bolivia]] (Cochabamba and western Santa Cruz)
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Mountains.
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Humid montane forest and forest edges.
 
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
==Bird Song==
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Occasionally observed in mixed species flocks.
 
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====Diet====
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There is no information about their diet. They forage, generally alone, at all levels.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Veniliornis+nigriceps}}  
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Veniliornis]] [[Category:Incomplete]]
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Latest revision as of 11:41, 29 December 2021

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

Identification

17–20 cm
Male

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • V. n. equifasciatus:
  • V. n. pectoralis:
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)

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External Links

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