golden-olive woodpecker

Some non-hummingbirds today. This bird was found during a guided day I had at Wild Sumaco. Byron was excellent, very patient, polite, concerned for my well-being (my knee was starting to play up on this day and it rather curtailed my subsequent activities), and excellent with all the local...

Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus subsp. coloratus) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Near Oxapampa, Oxapampa, Per. Road from Oxapampa towards Bosque de Shollet near km 6. Disturbed mesic cloud forest on steep mountain slopes at ca. 2,060 m (6,759 ft) elevation.

Colaptes rubiginosus trinitatis, Asa Wright, Trinidad (1 of 20 subspecies) - interestingly there is a different subspecies in Tobago.

Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus subsp. coloratus) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Near Cabaas Yankuam along Shami Road, Reserva Natural Maycu, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador. Floodplain of Rio Nangaritza, montane rainforest along the foothills of Cordillera del Condor at...

Golden-olive Woodpecker (Piculus rubinosus subsp. rubripileus) Male, sexes slightly dimorphic. Along the road leading into Buenaventura Reserve, west of Pias, El Oro Province, Ecuador. Tropical cloud forest at ca. 1,098 m (3,602 ft) elevation.

Male

Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus subsp. rubripileus) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Photographed at Chaparr Lodge, a private ecological reserve, ca. 60-70 km east of Chiclayo, Lambayeque Department, Peru. Equatorial dry forest composed of desert scrub and cacti at ca. 29 m (95...

This is one of the commonest woodpeckers in Central America, but there are not yet any photos in the database. More photos can be found on my website http://www.mayanbirding.com