Adult male © Örjan Sjögren eBird S40980821 Macaulay Library ML 79212701
Adult female © Andre Moncrieff
Adult male © Örjan Sjögren
Adult male © Claudia Brasileiro
Adult female © Arthur Gomes

Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis

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Identification

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Large red-and-black rainforest woodpecker. Both sexes have a deep red head, neck, and underparts with a black back and wings, and a pale bill. Males have a small white ear spot whereas females have a white stripe extending from the base of the bill to under the eye. Distinguished from other large woodpeckers such as Lineated and Crimson-crested by the red neck and underparts and lack of prominent white markings on the neck. Found in mature rainforest and occasionally around forest edges and younger forest. Listen for its nasal “ng-kah” call and territorial double knock.

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