From Opus

Piculus flavigula

Photo by BirdsPeru
Photo taken: Allpahuayo - Mishana Reserve near Iquitos.

[edit] Identification

Yellow head, male showing red all over the crown and with a red malar stripe while the female shows red only on the nape. The upperparts are yellow-green and underparts are white with distinctive black scales.

[edit] Distribution

Tropical South America to eastern Peru and Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

Note that the male of the subspecies found in eastern Brazil, P. f. erythropis has an entirely red throat, not just a red malar stripe.

[edit] Habitat

Forest and forest edges including caatinga forest.

[edit] Behaviour

It pecks and hammers at trunks and branches; the diet includes ants.

[edit] External Links