- Dryocopus lineatus
Hylatomus lineatus
Identification
30–36 cm (11¾-14¼ in)
Male
Black upperparts, with a white stripe on the scapulars.
The head is mostly black with a white stripe from the base of the bill continuing below the eye (this section missing in some subspecies), and down the side of the neck, a red malar stripe, and red on crown, crest and nape.
On the underside, the throat is patterned black and white, breast is black, but 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
Subspecies
- D. l. scapularis:
- West Mexico (southern Sonora to Oaxaca)
- D. l. similis:
- East Mexico (Tamaulipas) to north-western Costa Rica
- D. l. lineatus:
- D. l. fuscipennis:
- D. l. erythrops:
- South East Brazil to eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina
Habitat
Forest and second-growth, but also other more open habitats.
Behaviour
Diet
Forages both low and high in trees for insects such as beetles, wood-boring larvae and ants.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2018)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lineated Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lineated_Woodpecker
