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[[Image:Stripedwoodpecker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Rodrigo Reyes<br />Photo taken: Patagonia, [[Chile]].]]
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[[Image:Stripedwoodpecker.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|Rodrigo+Reyes|Rodrigo Reyes}}<br />Photo taken: Patagonia, [[Chile]], December 2006]]
 
;[[:Category:Veniliornis|Veniliornis]] lignarius
 
;[[:Category:Veniliornis|Veniliornis]] lignarius
 
''Picoides lignarius''
 
''Picoides lignarius''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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18cm.  Male: Black forehead and crown, front nape red and rear black, sides of face white with blackish band crossing the eyes, mantle with black and white bars, wings and wing coverts black with white spots, under wing coverts white, chest, belly and under tail coverts with yellowish tint and blackish little bars.  Female: without red nape.
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15–16 cm (6-6¼ in)<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Black forehead and crown
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*Some streaking on crown
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*Red (or reddish-orange) nape; lacking in the female
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*Whitish face with black stripe through the eye
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*Black and white bars on upperparts
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*White spots on wings and wing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
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*White under wing coverts
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*Yellowish underparts
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Bolivia]], [[Chile]], and [[Argentina]].
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[[Image:Carpinterito1 copy.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Luis+R|Luis R}}<br />Parcela Araguaney. Santiago de [[Chile]], February 2016]]
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[[South America]]: found in the arid highlands of [[Bolivia]] to southern [[Chile]] and southern [[Argentina]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a monotypic species. Recent results will place this species in genus ''[[: Category:Veniliornis|Veniliornis]]'' instead of the traditional placement in ''[[:Category:Picoides|Picoides]]''.  
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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Recent results will place this species in genus ''[[: Category:Veniliornis|Veniliornis]]'' instead of the traditional placement in ''[[:Category:Picoides|Picoides]]''.  
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Scattered trees on field, sidehills, orchards and plantations in the highlands.
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Humid open forests, woodland and dense scrub.
  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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It drills a hole with its bill in trunk or wide branch for its nest and fills the inner bed with the drilled sawdust. 3 or 4 brilliant white eggs are laid.
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====Breeding====
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The nest is a tree hole, drilled out by their strong bill. The clutch consists of 3-4 white eggs.
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The diet includes worms, larvas and insects found on trunks.
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====Diet====
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Their diet is little recorded, but appears to consists almost entirely of insects and their larva.  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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# 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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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#[http://bio.wayne.edu/profhtml/moore/PUBLICATIONS/MooreEtal2006Veniliornis.pdf Paper] describing DNA based phylogeny of among others, this species
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#[http://bio.wayne.edu/profhtml/moore/PUBLICATIONS/MooreEtal2006Veniliornis.pdf Paper] describing DNA based phylogeny of among others, this species
 
 
#[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCprop262.html SACC] proposal to move this species
 
#[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCprop262.html SACC] proposal to move this species
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2016)
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#Arthur Grosset
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Veniliornis+lignarius}}
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{{GSearch|Woodpecker+lignarius}}
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Picoides]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Picoides]]

Revision as of 00:04, 10 February 2016

Photo by Rodrigo Reyes
Photo taken: Patagonia, Chile, December 2006
Veniliornis lignarius

Picoides lignarius

Identification

15–16 cm (6-6¼ in)
Male

  • Black forehead and crown
  • Some streaking on crown
  • Red (or reddish-orange) nape; lacking in the female
  • Whitish face with black stripe through the eye
  • Black and white bars on upperparts
  • White spots on wings and wing coverts
  • White under wing coverts
  • Yellowish underparts

Distribution

Female
Photo by Luis R
Parcela Araguaney. Santiago de Chile, February 2016

South America: found in the arid highlands of Bolivia to southern Chile and southern Argentina

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Recent results will place this species in genus Veniliornis instead of the traditional placement in Picoides.

Habitat

Humid open forests, woodland and dense scrub.

Behaviour

Breeding

The nest is a tree hole, drilled out by their strong bill. The clutch consists of 3-4 white eggs.

Diet

Their diet is little recorded, but appears to consists almost entirely of insects and their larva.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Paper describing DNA based phylogeny of among others, this species
  3. SACC proposal to move this species
  4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2016)
  5. Arthur Grosset

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External Links

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