green-barred woodpecker

Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros subsp. nattereri) Female, species sexually dimorphic. South Wild, south of Pocon, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Cerrado and riparian woods adjacent to Pixaim River at ca. 128 m (420 ft) elevation.

Another shot that's at least slightly silly. Here's the Golden-breasted, aka Green-barred Woodpecker showing his barred back, and giving me a bit of lip. You want to call that barring green? Go right ahead. But the woodpecker and I both agree that it's more golden than green.

I really don't have any "Saturday Fun Shots" from day 3 of my Argentina adventure. The closest I could come was these three. This one I suppose I could turn into a fun shot if only I could come up with a silly caption. His expression is funny enough, but I just haven't been able to...

One last shot of the green-barred aka golden-breasted woodpecker, showing both sides of the name issue.

They're definitely barred, front and back, and their backs are vaguely greenish, at least compared to their breasts.

... used to be called golden-breasted woodpecker, a name I think actually suits it better. But there we are. I'm not the one who decides birds' names.

Which name do you think fits this woodpecker better? It may depend on the angle from which you see him. Back is green-barred, breast is golden. Just to be clear: It's not that I'm done with the road trip pics from the West Coast, but I'll be flying tomorrow so I'll miss a day and thought I...

This bird flew past me and I thought "I'll never be able to catch that and photograph it." Then I found this picture I had taken earlier, with a bit of added zoom.

The male has a red malar while the female has a black malar. Both sexes are pale green with white on the sides of the head and red on the crown and nape while the forecrown is black. The upperparts are barred black while the underparts have black, heart-shaped spots.