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[[Image:Crimson-mantled Woodpecker by njlarsen.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|njlarsen|NJLarsen}} <br />Bellavista Lodge, Pichincha, [[Ecuador]], August 2015]]
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[[Image:Crimson-mantled Woodpecker P1180640a.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|njlarsen|NJLarsen}} <br />Bellavista Lodge, Pichincha, [[Ecuador]], August 2015]]
 
;[[:Category:Colaptes|Colaptes]] rivolii
 
;[[:Category:Colaptes|Colaptes]] rivolii
 
''Piculus rivolii''
 
''Piculus rivolii''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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22–28 cm (8¾-11 in)<br />
 
Male has the area around the pale cheek patch all red, in female it is black most of the way.  
 
Male has the area around the pale cheek patch all red, in female it is black most of the way.  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[South America]]: found from the Andes of [[Venezuela]] and [[Colombia]], to northern [[Bolivia]].
 
[[South America]]: found from the Andes of [[Venezuela]] and [[Colombia]], to northern [[Bolivia]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
It was formely placed in the genus [[:Category:Piculus|Piculus]].
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It was formerly placed in the genus [[:Category:Piculus|Piculus]].
 
====Subspecies====
 
====Subspecies====
[[Image:Crimson-mantled Woodpecker1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Ecuadorrebel|Ecuadorrebel}}<br />[[Pasachoa Wildlife Reserve]], [[Ecuador]], February 2010]]
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[[Image:Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii brevirostris Owlet Lodge Peru.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female, subspecies ''brevirostris''<br /> Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Owlet Lodge, Amazonas, Reserva Abra Patrica, [[Peru]], January 2017]]
There are 5 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>{
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There are 5 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
 
*''C. r. rivolii'':
 
*''C. r. rivolii'':
 
:*Andes of east-central [[Colombia]] to north-western [[Venezuela]]
 
:*Andes of east-central [[Colombia]] to north-western [[Venezuela]]
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Cloud forest and edge between 1500 and 3400 m asl.
 
Cloud forest and edge between 1500 and 3400 m asl.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
Seems to like relatively small branches
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They seem to like relatively small branches.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of ants and beetle larvae; occasionally spiders and millipedes. They also eat some fruit.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCprop265.html SACC proposal] to transfer this species to genus ''Colaptes''
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCprop265.html SACC proposal] to transfer this species to genus ''Colaptes''
#Wikipedia
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2017)
 
{{ref}}
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 23:25, 13 April 2017

Photo by NJLarsen
Bellavista Lodge, Pichincha, Ecuador, August 2015
Colaptes rivolii

Piculus rivolii

Identification

22–28 cm (8¾-11 in)
Male has the area around the pale cheek patch all red, in female it is black most of the way.

Distribution

South America: found from the Andes of Venezuela and Colombia, to northern Bolivia.

Taxonomy

It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus.

Subspecies

Female, subspecies brevirostris
Photo by Stanley Jones
Owlet Lodge, Amazonas, Reserva Abra Patrica, Peru, January 2017

There are 5 subspecies[1]

  • C. r. rivolii:
  • C. r. meridae:
  • Andes of western Venezuela (Merida and T chira)
  • C. r. quindiuna:
  • Andes of north-central Colombia
  • C. r. brevirostris:
  • Andes of south-western Colombia to central Peru
  • C. r. atriceps:
  • Andes of south-eastern Peru and southern Bolivia

Habitat

Cloud forest and edge between 1500 and 3400 m asl.

Behaviour

They seem to like relatively small branches.

Diet

Their diet consists of ants and beetle larvae; occasionally spiders and millipedes. They also eat some fruit.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. SACC proposal to transfer this species to genus Colaptes
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2017)

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External Links

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