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Campephilus rubricollis

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Location: Brazil

[edit] Identification

Crimson neck and head with a pointed crest, rufous chestnut underparts, ivory bill, yellow eye. The male has a small black and white spot on the lower ear coverts. The female has a broad wedge from the bill to below the eyes white bordered with a thin black line.

[edit] Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

[edit] Taxonomy

Three subspecies are recognized:^[1]

• C.r. rubricollis - Eastern Colombia and Ecuador to southern Venezuela, Guianas and northern Brazil
• C.r. trachelopyrus - northeast Peru to northern Bolivia and western Brazil
• C.r. olallae - southern Brazil to Bolivia

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests and montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes beetle and moth larvae.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019

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