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;[[:Category:Melanerpes|Melanerpes]] hoffmannii | ;[[:Category:Melanerpes|Melanerpes]] hoffmannii | ||
| − | [[Image:IMG_4395.JPG|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Corey Husic <br/>Photo taken: San Jose, Costa Rica; March 2009 ]] | + | [[Image:IMG_4395.JPG|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Corey Husic <br/>Photo taken: San Jose, [[Costa Rica]]; March 2009 ]] |
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==Identification== | ==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. | 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. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | Pacific slope of s [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]] and [[Costa Rica]]. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This species is monotypic[#References|[1]]]</sup> | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Deciduous open woodland. | Deciduous open woodland. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==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. | + | 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. |
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | # Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Melanerpes+hoffmannii}} | {{GSearch|Melanerpes+hoffmannii}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Melanerpes]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Melanerpes]] | ||
Revision as of 03:38, 8 May 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
Pacific slope of s Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Taxonomy
This species is monotypic[#References|[1]]]
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.
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
