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Golden - naped Woodpecker

Melanerpes chrysauchen

Description:

18 cm, 60 g. It feeds on beetles, fruit and other insects. In this spottig, eats an orange. He is a skilled flycatchers.

Habitat:

Resident of Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. Prefers canopy and middle levels of the rainforest up to 1,500 m.

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4 Comments

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Your lovely woodpecker spotting has been featured in the Project Noah blog today! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/5715637...

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 12 years ago

Beautiful spot and photos. I adore woodpeckers and this one is lovely!

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Con esta sed juguito de naranja excelente

Tyler Hughes
Tyler Hughes 12 years ago

the second pic looks like it hurts the neck

jmunozcr
Spotted by
jmunozcr

Heredia, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 14, 2012
Submitted on Apr 5, 2012

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