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[[Image:Lineated_Woodpecker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of a female by Glen Tepke<br />Location: Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama ]]
 
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[[Image:d09_0320.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|nomdeploom|nomdeploom}} <br/>Location:  [[Chaco National Park]], Chaco, [[Argentina]] ]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
Black upperparts,  white stripe on the scapulars, black head with white stripe from the base of the bill continuing below the eye, red malar stripe, and red on crown, crest and nape. On the underside, the throat is patterned black and white, breast is black, abdomen is barred in black and either whitish or buff. Female is missing the malar stripe and has a larger black area on the forehead.
 
Black upperparts,  white stripe on the scapulars, black head with white stripe from the base of the bill continuing below the eye, red malar stripe, and red on crown, crest and nape. On the underside, the throat is patterned black and white, breast is black, abdomen is barred in black and either whitish or buff. Female is missing the malar stripe and has a larger black area on the forehead.

Revision as of 16:27, 2 March 2009

Dryocopus lineatus
Photo of a female by Glen Tepke
Location: Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama
Photo by nomdeploom
Location: Chaco National Park, Chaco, Argentina

Identification

Black upperparts, white stripe on the scapulars, black head with white stripe from the base of the bill continuing below the eye, red malar stripe, and red on crown, crest and nape. On the underside, the throat is patterned black and white, breast is black, abdomen is barred in black and either whitish or buff. Female is missing the malar stripe and has a larger black area on the forehead.

Distribution

Western Mexico, Central America, South America, Argentina and Trinidad.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Forest and second-growth, but also other more open habitats.

Behaviour

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