male, as tod by the red moustache (Brazil; 2007-11-09)


Campo Flicker
Colaptes campestris

Native Range: South America

Notes: a very distinctive woodpecker with a bright yellow breast; like other flickers often feeds on the ground; shows modest sexual dimorphism with the male bearing a red moustache and the female sporting a black moustache.


female, as told by the black moustache; black crown (Brazil; 2007-11-09)

frontal view; yellow breast band; barred belly (Brazil; 2007-11-09)

dorsal view; darker barred upperparts (Brazil; 2007-11-09)

female on a tree branch; note the white face, throat (Brazil; 2007-11-09)