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Revision as of 14:03, 11 March 2009
- Melanerpes hoffmannii
Identification
18 cm long and weighs 68g. Upperparts and wings barred black and white, a white rump. The underparts are pale buff-grey with a yellow central belly patch. The male has a red crown, white forehead and yellow nape. The female as a white crown and forehead and yellow nape. Young birds are duller, have less white above and less yellow on the belly.
Distribution
Southern Honduras and Costa Rica.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Deciduous open woodland.
Behaviour
It nests in an unlined hole up to 9 m high in a dead tree. The clutch is two or three glossy white eggs, incubated by both sexes.
Diet includes insects, often extracted from decaying wood, and fruit and nectar.
