campo flicker

Despite being common in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and some other Brazilian states, it is not so friendly. This day it gave wonderful opportunities to me and two friends.

Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris subsp. campestris) Species slightly sexually dimorphic. South Wild, south of Pocon, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Cerrado (savannah) with riparian woods and scattered wetlands adjacent to the Pixaim River at ca. 128 m (420 ft) elevation.

Campo flicker

Not the same Campo Flicker as yesterday. This one was deep in a woodsy area where we spent the last of our birding hours on the pampas trip, including stopping to help some damsels in distress. Their car had stalled. Diego blew through the fuel pump to clear out dust and then gave them a push...

One of today's two lifers, and the first of today's three images starting with C. A very handsome bird, and fairly cooperative, although I suspect his plumage would have looked brighter had he posed on the sunny side of that post.

The southern (campestroides) subspecies Paul Adds and upgrades to photo life list, http://rustyblades.smugmug.com/Nature-Flora-Fauna/Birds/U13/27415086_K5B6Bb#!i=2383280798&k=svcJ28K

Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris), Cayman Ecological Refuge, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

I captured this beautiful woodpecker Campo Flicker near a cattle ranch close to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Colaptes campestris Campo Flicker

Campo flicker; pica-pau do campo Shot in southeast brazil

a woodpecker

Though it seems a winter picture, this was taken on a 27C rainny morning. The light is awfull, but I like the sillouets. This is a very terrestrial flicker and it's rare to see them so high on a tree.