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Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
Stanley Jones

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus)

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) Species sexually dimorphic. Female on the left, male on the right. Not the sky one wishes for when photographing birds (lol). North of Valladolid, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador. Working on excavating a nest hole in a snag. Transitional zone between a secondary cloud forest (wet temperate montane forest) above and dry Tumbesian forest below ca. 1,219 m (4,000 ft) elevation.
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Habitat
Transitional zone between a secondary cloud forest (wet temperate montane forest) above and dry Tumbesian forest below ca. 1,219 m (4,000 ft) elevation
Location
North of Valladolid, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador.
Date taken
November 2014
Scientific name
Melanerpes cruentatus
Equipment used
Canon

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Central & South America & Mexico
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