- Picoides lignarius
Identification
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.
Distribution
Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species. Recent results will place this species in genus Veniliornis instead of the traditional placement in Picoides.
http://bio.wayne.edu/profhtml/moore/PUBLICATIONS/MooreEtal2006Veniliornis.pdf
Habitat
Scattered trees on field, sidehills, orchards and plantations.
Behaviour
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.
The diet includes worms, larvas and insects found on trunks.
