Lineated Woodpecker
23 October 2010 23:28 Filed in: Picidae Woodpeckers Brazil Rio de Janeiro Itatiaia Panama Soberania National Park El Valle Pipeline Road
Copyright: monacoeye • Central Panama, April 2010 • Do not copy without permission
Bird name: Lineated Woodpecker
Latin: Dryocopus lineatus
Other: Pica-pau-de-banda-branca (Br)
Family: Picidae • Woodpecker
Range: Widespread Latin America
The Lineated Woodpecker is found throughout most of South and Central America north of Argentina, including all of Brazil. Most of these were seen in Panama.
The Lineated Woodpecker has a red crest, and white face stripe which extends down neck, - red malar stripe on male, on female (above) dark - dark chest, horizontally barred belly in Brazilian race, darker belly in Panama.
The Lineated Woodpecker has two white vertical bands on its back, differentiating it from the Crimson Crested Woodpecker has narrow bands which meet in “v”.
Below a Brazilian male Lineated Woodpecker in Itatiaia, for the record. Note red malar stripe.
Copyright: monacoeye • Itatiaia November 2009
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